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SENIOR NUMBER 1923
The Axis
WORTH JDAMS FORMAL SCHOOL
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Number 7
JSoarb of JEDttors
Editor-in-Chief
Ruth I. Clarke, '23
Associate Editor Business Manager
Evelyn Phelps '24 Helen O'Neill, '23
Associate Business Manager Senior Notes
Marion Spaulding, '24 Gladys M. Hall, '23
Joke Editors Exchange Editor
Katherine Drennan, '23 Marguerite Gobeille, '24
Mary Grogan, '24
Alumnae Editor Cover Designer
Blanche Olsted, '23 Gertrude Mazanec, '23
Facility Advisers
Miss Baright Mr. Smith
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editors 3
Editorials 3
Dedication .4
The Faculty 5
The Class of '23 10
Class Picture 18
Class Day Program 19
Graduation Day Program 19
Address of Welcome 20
Address to the. Juniors 20
Response to the Seniors 21
Class Song 21
Ivy Oration 21
Ivy Song 22
Junior Class History 22
Senior Class History 23
Class Prophecy 25
Class Will
Presentation of Class Gift
Class Statistics
Glee Club Picture .
Glee Club Concert
The Banquet
Senior Notes .
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Athletics 31
Exchanges 31
The Senior Play 33
Literary
The Trip to Washington .... 34
Presenting A Character From Three Points of
View 37
A Trip to Antville 38
Diana 39
Music Cabinet
Normal Wit ....
Our Idea of Nothing At All
We Wonder Why
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40
Our Own Song Folio 40
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Magazines at N. A. N. S.
Four Minor Sports at N. A
To Pauline ....
Did You Hear
What We Would Like to Have
Wise Remarks
N. S.
Simplicity 41
Alumni Notes 41
Advertisements 42
Editorial
"It is better to teach people to enjoy themselves, than to provide
amusement; better to teach them to play, than to watch others
playing; better to give them a new interest, than an empty
holiday. — C. Barrett.
"TWO years at North Adams Normal School have broad-
ened the Class of 1923 with both knowledge and ex-
ierience, and prepared it to launch out into the Sea of Life.
There are many of us in the class who already have de-
eloped powers which we little knew we had hidden within,
nd these powers shine out like stars on a dark night, proph-
sying what the light of dawn will bring.
There are others of us who will sail out in darkness, but
vith thoughts deep-set, like roots of sea-grass, until, of a
udden some day, the roots will break way, rise to the top,
nd lead the course to a new, unexplored land.
But of all that North Adams Normal School has given
he Class of 1923, three principles will always stand supreme:
first, that we can enjoy ourselves no matter where we are;
second, that true play is often as important as work; and
third, that we are all striving for the one big interest of life,
the Service to Mankind.
In the future, when there is something which marks a
success in our lives, we shall ever be grateful to our Alma
Mater. Just as Abraham Lincoln once said of one who
loved him, and taught him noble thoughts and ideals, "All
I am or ever hope to be I owe to my angel mother," so we
can say that we owe our success as teachers to our Alma
Mater, North Adams Normal School.
—Ruth I. Clarke
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Miss Mary Louse BARiCMT
/ live for tho-e who love me,
Whose hearts are kind ard true,
For the heairn thai smile.* above me,
And await* my spirit 'no;
For the ham in ties that bird m?,
For the task by God assigned m>,
For the bright hope* left behind me,
And the good that I can do.
— George L. Banks.
2>ebicatton
Through these few lines is truly expressed the life of Miss
Baright. Because of our close connection with her during
the past two years, we have sufficient proof of this statement.
As a result, I can rightly ask, "Who of the class of '23 does
not sing her praises?" Invariably the answer is, "No one."
Wherever we may be in future years, we will always re-
member the one who had an ever-pleasant smile or a word
of good cheer for each one of us, and, deep in our hearts, we
shall cherish throughout our lives a feeling of gratitude for
the one who guided us over countless difficulties. The mem-
ory of her services to us, and the generous manner in which
she contributed her talents and time for our benefit and suc-
cess will remain in our minds forever.
To her never-failing efforcs, is due the fact that she has
given to us through literature a better understanding of
life, and a truer appreciation of the beauty and meaning of
the everyday things, which surround us. On account of
this, we are leaving North Adams Normal School with new
and higher ideals. Not one of us will be content until we
have accomplished the best and finest of which we are
competent.
In loving appreciation of our benefactor and friend, whose
personal interest and enthusiasm in our life at Normal has
ever been present as a constant help and inspiration to us,
we, the class of 1923, fondly dedicate this paper.
— Ruth W. Nesbit
TACONIC HALL
Residence
MR. ROY LEON SMITH
principal
Normal School
NORTH ADAMS NORMAL SCHOOL
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Miss Mary A. Pearson
"True friends are like diamor.ds, precious and rare."
And a true friend, indeed, is our Miss Pearson, who has
been with us ever since our school began. Her winning
smile and disposition endear her to the hearts of all. A more
efficient and capable teacher would be hard to find, and the
N. A. N. S. would be incomplete without her Each and
e»-ery one of us have enjoyed those happy hours spent with
her in the drawing room, trying to show our special talents
(?) along the line of "art." The class of '2'S will long re-
member their kind friend and teacher — Miss Pearson.
Mr. Clinton E. Carpenter
Principal of Mark Hopkins Training School
When Mrs. Donna Couch retired from her position as
principal of the Mar*k Hopkins Training School, Mr. Car-
penter came to us from Taunton, Mass , where he was
director of the Continuation School, to carry on the work
so well begun and accomplished by Mrs. Couch.
We all realized how difficult it would be without Mrs.
Couch's motherly advice, but in Mr. Carpenter we have
found a willing and pleasant helper. Was it not always he
who changed our teaching assignments if we but asked for
it? And who will forget him saying "Do your penmanship
every day."
Mr. Carpenter is one who is well able to guide the boys and
girls at the training school and even the girls at Norm 1
because he fully appreciates a good time and especially a
day off when circus comes to town. We all believed that
Mr. Carpenter and Mr, Venable enjoyed the circus — especi-
ally the parade and toy balloons — more than or as much as
any boy in the grades. Is this not just the kind of a man
that is capable of guiding the younger generation?
So to Mr. Carpenter may the best wishes of the class of
'23, his first class at N. A. N. S., be given.
Miss Annie C. Skeele
"All work and no play
Harms us in every way."
Miss Skeele has surely proven a favorite with all of us
during our two years' stay at North Adams Normal. Was
it not she who taught us all about our bones, nerves and
muscles? Was there anyone as willing to make our prac-
tice teaching a success by always urging us "to teach a game
or a dance before the next Tuesday morning"? And even
more have we not always found her in the lead, ready for
any sport for which the class desired? We feel sure that
future classes will find Miss Skeele as helpful as she has been
to the class of twenty-three.
Mr. Roy Leon Smith
"In duty faithful,
In honor just,
Who broke no promise
And lost no friend."
To Mr. Smith, the Principal of our North Adams Normal
School, the class of '23 extends its heartfelt thanks. We
owe a great deal to him and will especially remember the
fine illustrations given by him in our psychology class.
He is particularly noted for his humor, and we are sure
that this world will never be gloomy while it has our "Mr.
Smith" in it.
Mr. Albert Eldridge
"His thoughts have a high aim, though their dwelling be in
the vale of a humble heart."
We all feel very well acquainted with Mr. Eldridge after
our two years' work with him as Juniors and as Seniors.
Mr. Eld ridge was ever ready and willing to help each
member of the class with her training school work, and we
have reaped many benefits from the wise suggestions offered
by him.
We hope that all classes in the future will appreciate the
efforts and kindness of Mr. Eldridge for their success.
Mr. Venable
"And ye shall knoiv him by his fruits."
Mr. Venable came to us from the Green Mountain State
in September, 1922. We all welcomed the prospect of
having a new teacher, although we only had the privilege
of having him for a few periods a week and only for one
semester.
The Senior class wishes Mr. Venable success and happi-
ness in his work here, especially with the Junior gardens.
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Miss Anna J. Lamphier
" Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well."
How accurately this quotation portrays Miss Lamphier.
Although we only went to her handwork classes a few weeks
during our Junior year, we learned to do things to the very
best of our ability, for she was never satisfied until our work
was as nearly perfect as we could make it.
To all the girls has Miss Lamphier given an example of
exactness, and many times has she proven herself to be a
helpful friend during our course here at Normal.
In leaving, we wish this teacher of ours much happiness
and success.
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Mr. Thomas Cummings
With a ready smile and a word of cheer ,
Our Class Adviser has helped us all year.
Wherever we roam, no matter how far,
His example of kindness will be our star.
May he live long and never forget
The class, his praises are singing yet.
Although we have had only a short course with Mr.
Cummings, to say that we have enjoyed it would not be
expressing our pleasure forcefully enough. In times of
cheer and in times of need, we have gone to Mr. Cummings
and never once has he failed to help us. We were very
fortunate, too, in having him as one of the chaperons on our
trip to Washington. At the request of our class, Mr. Cum-
mings joined us in reporting some experiences to the stay-
at-homes. He couldn't suppress his wit even in speech
making. We of the class of '23 sincerely wish that his
cheery smile and winning personality may continue to
lighten the way of many others who may come to North
Adams Normal School.
Miss Bertha M. Sholes
"To those who know thee not, no words can paint,
And those who know thee, know all words are faint."
When we think of Miss Sholes, we will always remember
her unfailing helpfulness as our cooking and sewing teacher.
By her endless amount of patience and tact she has made
herself dear to the hearts of all of the class of '23. Although
we didn't come in contact with Miss Sholes as much as we
did some of the other teachers, she has won the love of each
of us, and we will ever think of her as a capable teacher and
a true friend.
On the top floor of Normal School she meets us and al-
ways succeeds in tucking in many valuable bits of advice
between the facts of the lesson.
Miss Fannie Bishop
Miss Bishop's amazingly wise,
Though she's very small in siy.e .
No one could help loving this little lady, with the sweet
disposition. By the adoration of the little children, one can
easily see that she is an ideal kindergarten teacher. She
is never too busy to give Normal students profitable advice
from her extensive store of knowledge. With her cheery
little smile, she helps to make the whole world happy.
We have no need to worry about her future, because with
her pleasing personality she will succeed wherever she may
be.
Miss Evelyn C. Perry
Monument Beach, Mass.
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."
, Miss Perry is one of our new and vivacious teachers. Her
advent into our school has meant to us all keener apprecia-
tion and greater enjoyment of her art, Music. In the short
time she has been with us, she has shown marked ability as
a musician. We all expect great, new things from her.
Good luck, Miss Perry!
Miss Bertha L. Allyn
Holyoke, Mass.
Miss Allyn joined us in April to fill the position of secre-
tary in the Extension Department. She attracted us all the
very first day she was here and many of us thought, "What
a happy and delightful little person she is!" She always has
a smile and a cheery word for each and every one of us. We
all wish we knew Miss Allyn better and hope she will re-
main at N. A. N. S. to cheer those who come after us.
Miss Marion E. Feeley
"She's little but she's wise,
Much she accomplishes for her size."
She's here, she's there and she's everywhere. We qften
wonder that she takes time to eat and sleep. It is rumored
that Miss Feeley is to leave and continue gaining knowledge
at Columbia next year. It can't be for psychology because
we have already found her well versed in that subject. What
a blow her departure will be to the extension department!
Can one be found to equally fulfill her tasks? Rather diffi-
cult, we fear. We hope that she will return again to brighten
up N. A. N. S. Here's success to you, Miss Feeley.
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Miss Virginia L. Sears
Cummington, Mass.
"Blu?-;yed and fair of face."
"Telephone for Miss — in the booth."
"Thank you, Miss Sears."
How many times have we heard those self-same words
uttered!
Although Miss Sears has only been with us since October
she has won a place in the hearts of all the girls. Judging
from appearances the incoming class will not have the pleas-
ure of knowing our Assistant Matron, for we hope to see
her "head" of the White House (?) soon.
Mrs. Therza C. Van Etten
Mrs. Van, protector, helper, —
All these names and another
Might apply to our dear matron,
But our favorite is "Mother."
She has ever been a mother,
Full of life and laughter alway,
To those girls who needed cheering,
When from home they'd come to stay
Now we're leaving her, with sadness,
And we'll go to some strange place,
But near or far, tho' we may wander,
We'll always think of her dear face.
Miss Teresa Ferguson
"Good things come in small packages."
We had often heard this saying, but ne\er had we quite
realized the truth of it until we met Miss Ferguson. Miss
Ferguson is our idea of personified energy. She is always
busy but never too busy to assist any student in need. Her
cheerfulness and willingness endear her in our hearts and we
will always remember her as an important factor in making
our lives at Normal superbly happy. Three cheers for Miss
Ferguson and the best of wishes to her from the Class of '23.
THE CLASS OF 1923
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Rita Agan
North Adams, Mass.
"The qualities of friendship are
loyalty, affeetion ard under-
standing, ard the greatest of
these is ur.derstar.divg."
Rightly does Rita deserve
the title of "Best Friend" of
the class. She is one of the few
girls blessed with a personality
that invites frier dshin.
Once that you know Rita you
are hers forever. Maybe the
secret lies in the fact that Rita
'' f, ' r yourself alone.
""' lacking in the qualities of loyalty and affection.
'''"• Hi la most of all because she understands.
Bessie Barber
Williamstown, Mass.
Here she is, there she is, with a
smile for everyone.
From Williamstown she came
to us, this winsome, willing lass.
Her sweet and pleasing person-
ality has won for her a place in
the hearts of one and all. How
could the class of '23 ever have
gotten along without her? To
Bessie belongs the success of
the wonderful Berkshire Ban-
quet. What would it have
'«'r patience and fine spirit? She has also been
1,1 < ;<h> Club for two years and a loyal member,
hih' lias been chosen as the most willing mem-
liiss. Here's a wish for a long and happy life.
' ri f'>r Hossie Barber!
Ruth Irene Clarke
Greenfield, Mass.
"Ambition has no rest."
— Bulwer-Lytlon.
Ruth Clarke, the tall, seri-
ous (?) girl of our class, truly
deserves the title "Most Am-
bitious." Whether her ambi-
tion is for the editorship of The
Axis and its chief author, two
years of successful Glee Club
membershp, or the downfall of
a few innocent June bugs, she
always reaches her aim.
The dormitory, yea, even the whole school was deeply
impressed during her Junior year with her powers as a me-
dium. This ambition carried over into the Psychology
class where she was always ready with a weird, fantastic
story.
The class of Nineteen twenty-three expects great things
of Ruth I. Clarke. Indeed we are prepared to look ahead a
few years and find her listed in "Who's Who."
Genevieve Coffey
Pittsfield, Mass.
"When you work, work hard.
When you play do not work at
all."
Genevieve, one of our most-
attractive girls, is a conscien-
tious worker, but when anyone
mentions tennis or any other
sport, she rarely hesitates to
drop her work and play the
game.
Last year our classmate al-
ways had her suitcase packed a
week ahead of the time when she was going home. This
year, however, Genevieve likes North Adams better. Do
you wonder why?
We all wish her the success which she is sure to have.
Grace M. Bunnell
Amherst, Mass.
"Just to be helpful, just to be
true,
Just to he glad the whole day
thru."
Happy, helpful, wholesome
Grace! How we all love to
hear her brisk "Hello, Every-
body" first thing in the morn-
ing when we are so grouchy and
cross. Grace's sweet and lov-
able disposition has been as rays
. tin ring our Normal course, and we all love
is the little miss who, when we're all fam-
in fragments of crackers between classes.
m which appeals to us in every way and we
love-nest will be as sweet and happy
Elizabeth Coggeswell Cooke
Pittsfield, Mass.
"Beth, will you make up a
little poem for me?" Often
and often we hear these words
spoken to this witty little maid
when she comes tripping down
the hall. She is able to display
her feelings not only through
poetry, but expresses them also
through her aesthetic and social
dancing. Beth has helped to
make our class successful by
serving on the various com-
mittees and on the editorial board of The Axis for two years.
We all know she will be progressive in whatever she
undertakes.
Among the wittiest of the witty
So our Betty has been classed.
May she always be successful,
As she has been in the past.
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Margaret Dadson
Waterbury, Conn.
•Her friends, they are many,
Foes, has sh" any?"
Peg i B one of the most ad-
mired girls in N. A. N. S. Her
willingness to help every one
and her "cheery smile" have
won for her an endearing place
in the hearts of her associates.
Peg is a girl who believes it
best to be brave and to "stand
forth" for the greater things in
life!
Th»t Peg may be most successful in all of her undertak-
ing is the sincere wish of the class of '23.
Lilian Claire Douglas
Williamstown, Mass.
"Come and trip it as you go
In a light fantastic toe."
Who of twenty-three, has not
seen her trip the "light fantastic
toe"? Our Lil ! ! Can her
sweet charm e'er be forgotten
by her "Best" friends? Indeed
no! And in years to come, we
will look back to Normal
school with "Lil" as a center
for us to build our reveries
upon. "Lil" also has been care-
ful not to let pleasure interfere with work. Always willing,
always smiling, always ready, qui e beguiling, such is our
own "Lil." To you, dear, the class of twenty-three sends
love, and wishes that good luck may go with you always.
Margaret E. Ditnfrey
Williamstown, Mass.
".4x good be out of the world as
out of fashion." — Colley Cibbcr.
Can the class of 1923 ever
forget that blithe little "home
girl" we all call "Peg," who
is one of the fairest of our
friendly circle? How her sweet
voice aided the Glee Club in
their two concerts!
Woe unto the mortal who is
fascinated by the hypnotic eye
of our little belle! She pene-
trates his outer being, calls him
her Prince Charming, her love, her all. Peg! What
is the name of the lucky star who covers third base for
Williams?
Your heart may be sought by many a handsome suitor
but never will the joys that have reached the tender souls of
your classmates be forgotten.
May success and good will follow you to the ends of all
undertakings. This is the wish of '23.
competent supervision
and success will always be her companions.
Elizabeth Agatha Dunphy
Haydenville, Mass.
Ever ready, full of glee
Reth's the joy of '23
Beth joined us this last year
and was a great addition to the
already famous '23. As an ex-
cellent entertainer, she is not
only a clever magician but also
possesses an unusual ability to
sing. Although Beth tells us
she is going to teach school, we
are looking forward to the pro-
duction of a play under her
Whatever she does, we hope joy
Katherine E. B. Drennan
Pittsfield, Mass.
Fair as a lily,
Pink as a rose,
Everyone loves her,
Wherever she goes.
She's our class beauty,
So they all say,
And we adore her,
Our dear Pal, Kay.
Out for a good time
Alwaj s is she.
Where at the head of things
Ever she'll be.
May she be happy,
As kind and true,
We give her our blessings
All the years through.
Bernice Edwards
Orange, Mass.
"Her lorciiness I never knew
Until she smiled on me
Oh, then, I saw her eye icas
bright — •
.4 urll of lo>r, a spring of light!"
Here's to our "Gal" of '23.
Some call her "Bunny" and
some call her "Berny," but she
answers to both in her good-
natured way.
How many times have we
heard the expression "Now, I
ask you" uttered from her lips! We wonder just where this
pet expression arose — Could we truly say, "From Orange
from whence she hailed"? Now, Bunny, we, the class of
'23, hope happiness and good fortune will attend you in
all your undertakings.
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Karolyn Pixck
Shelbume Fal|«, Ma88
Softies by hun , n 22*
irresistible smile is w^',,!
to all the class. Sh Th ■'"
« and char mi ^ ,:;;,""
;st,cs, that have mat , '""
favonte among both ^i.*
^ p all know that "P • - •
Caching, because of her ^ **"* l ° m » k * a «"*** of
tl0 ». and the best wishes ofthTT" a " d ^ "W
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Elizabeth Hurley
Lenox, Mass.
She's not very big and she's not
very small,
She's just as we want her and
she's loved by all.
Her eyes are of blue and her
hair is of gold,
So we chose her class darling, I
suppose you've been told. '
So here's to our Betty, the
dearest of dears,
We'll all gather round her and
Wh. !n we fir«» Pra ' Se her with cheers -
'"•'"My "he won 2? J 8eemed V6ry quiet ' ** how
' *"" ^s a,w a y s a ,° Ur f heanS - When 0ne -s in trouble
'»••** a wonder ul T m ? ^ fF ° m her She P«>ved
--- , a ,; t, u LC :tr every one of us ' by being
Edith Fobes
Pittsfield, Mass.
"Gentle in manner,
Firm in reality."
Who is that quiet !i,„ r . .,. ,
running around in the rainh) .
That ,s Edith, our « m , nt '
Penenced teacher," and a r
scientious little miss she i H £
deed. Moreover, she j„ '
obliging young person. If ., '"'
■ sh "says, "Oh, yes Hi hp th ° newishes hertogo downstreeV
"'"he is a gir of her ^ W V "T^'" a " d 8 " "" '
f "' — r in the yearsTcom? "" "* ^ Edkh a — -
Gladys Mary Ham.
Ashley Falls, Mass.
"To % duty, now and ever/
Dream no more of rest and sfay ••
This seemed to be the mot.,,
of the most dignified girl of our
class, as we remember when
she entered N. A. N S ^fler
two years' teaching experience
Since then we have found
tuil ready f ° r a S°°d time
with the rest of us and we "s
, ,,i(,r Captain of basketball ^"j re ™ mber her as Ju-
>ave befallen some J;, ^ d ° not know w hat might
"all, had it not b^en f or L r J ^ nei * hbow ° f ^«Sc
" ni * to i^uence th o r a b o U fhe r a r, *"* She Wi » »>
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Elizabeth Olive Iles
North Adams, Mass.
"Who for the world would chanoe
a faithful friend?"
Here she is. The girl with
the lovely big blue eyes, and a
disposition to match her sunny
hair. At first glance, on e
might imagine that Olive is a
very quiet young person, but
once you hear her merry laugh-
ter you change your former
"ivooliaarvwi that nu T^™ immedia tely. Of late
'at Ohve has favored a certain Ford. Not
Hut who-Oh, my dear, we haven't the
has been a member of the Glee Club
,r > - Oh no!
hliwi id ea i OH
Uvn years.
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Pauline Johnson
Worcester, Mass.
"May you always be the same,
Changing nothing but your
name."
"Polly." How often we have
heard that word ring out, in
Taconic Hall, the past year!
If it is a dance or song that is
needed, we immediately go to
Polly. How many times in
sewing, we have rushed to her,
in order that we might be helped
out.
»"«' kuoss si , Clever, did you say? Well,
xv ' ' i ' f ; mi out & ust taste some of her fine COokin K &nd vou
V,V ' S SUCCess t0 "Polly," and "Rus," in all future years.
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Marjorie F. Kennedy
North Adams, Mass.
M ay our Mar je ever smiling be
A s she parts from the girls of
'23;
R eady always for a right good
spree.
J ust a jolly good chum is she;
ften, when problems
trouble,
R ight willing the tangle to
unra\el
1 s our own dear Marjorie,
E ver loyal to '23.
K indly, friendly, true-blue
E xcellent in lessons too;
N ow she's here, now she's there,
N ow she's everywhere,
E ager her joys to share;
P earest girl in '23,
Y on, I'm sure, will all agree.
Florence V. E. Mack
North Adams, Mass.
"Quick, ingenious, forward ar.d
capable." — Shakespeare.
Here's to one of the home
girls! To one who took part
in all the debates given at
school. No one could wonder
at this if one had but heard
"Mack" argue and thus she
earned the title of being the
"most argumentative" girl in
the class.
We will always remember,
lest Mack forgets, her playing opposite Ruth Clarke in sta-
tionary (for Mack surely could play guard). Was it not
always she who made up songs for us to sing when playing
against the class of '22? Mack also belonged to the Glee
Club, so we surely ought to appreciate her versatility.
It has ever seemed queer to us why "Mack" always liked
"Bobs" as well in the summer time as in the winter, but of
late the secret has crept out and we wish her the best of
luck not only in her teaching career but later.
Anna Lark in
Great Barrington, Mass.
"Thine eyes so blue and lender
Glow with a mystic spell.
And silence in happiest dreaming
Thoughts that I dare not tell.
Thine eyes so blue and tender
Still haunt me where I go,
Aid ever o'er my spirit
Their blue wares sparkle and
''ow."
That these few lines fit Ann
I am sure no one will deny.
All during her two years at
Normal, she has been a favorite among all the girls because
of her "happy-go-lucky" way.
1 * all know of Ann's love for the color red, and many of us
•ordered about the extreme fondness, but it did not take
«■ long to learn why.
Everyone hopes that she will be happy in her new line of
*ork. *h.ch may be far different from what she is now en-
r*f*d in
Gertrude Mary Mazanec
Shelburne Falls, Mass.
"The noblest service comes from
nameless hands,
And Ihe best servant docs his
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work unseen."
Few girls in our Normal have
accomplished more than our in-
dustrious lass, "Gert." She is
always busy, yet seldom in a
hurry. During her two years
she has assisted the class in
many ways; as a student, a
friend, a helper to Miss
Lamphier, and as a jolly good sport. Gert has endeared
herself to the class of '23. She has shown her skill in poster
work, painting, and music, while here, honors which few
girls can claim at once. She works while she works, and
plays while she plays, and we feel confident that her success
is assured.
*Mr
Margaret Elizabeth Lowrie
North Adams, Mass.
"Light of heart and bright of face,
The daughter of a merry race."
Our Margaret is certainly
light of heart and bright of face,
even if she is one of the most
conscientious in the class. She
is always willing to help any-
one and has won many friends
by her pleasant manner. On
account of her cheerful disposi-
tion she enjoys a good time.
.L,,, , . Especially in the "Gym" she
JSL i I" VeFy lively ' So here ' s ^ "Peg" and the
the class of '23 go with her to Conway next
Edith Margretta McCann
North Adams, Mass.
"Good things come in small
packages."
Here's to the cutest girl of
'23— Edith McCann. And did
someone say little? Petite —
but, oh my! One would have to
travel quite a distance to find a
girl so charming and lovable as
Edith, who always has a cheery
word for everyone. We all
hope that wherever Edith goes
there will be a theatre with a
balcony, and a reserved seat in the "second" row, where she
may gaze with her bewitching eyes at the— orchestra? Edith
will succeed wherever she goes because of her sweet disposi-
tion. So here's to you, Edith, with all good wishes.
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wish of '23. ** ll,! «y *.,.,.i
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the goal, light hearted and'ri* i "' ""'V h»7l ""* * ntr ance.
she will bring to some ; " y f '"' L« w^ 1 *** >>er to
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Louise H. McDonough
North Adams, Mass.
There is a little lassie,
A girl with golden hair,
And ever when she passes,
Her smile is everywhere.
Louise is one of the petite
girls, who has been a bright and
shining light in the class of '23.
She is a quiet, demure, little
maiden, one who appeals to
everyone with her sweet smile,
that she is the mo.t I, i , ^^ yGS ' We can trut hfully say
leading lady in Z c, " T ** * ^ ^ Louise -s
she won the herTs o^hV '^ *"' **■ need ' eSS t0 ^ that
on the stage E^l"™ ^ lnStant she ste PP ed
opposite sex that n£h! * * "*" ^ ™ ™* ° f the
we w ^rat Rs^jrrr creditabiy -
Just say "Au Revoir ' SUCCeSS f ° r her ' S0 we wi »
ness woman.
Katherine McMahon
North Adams, Mass.
"A ready wit, tempered with
grace and a good disposition."
What would the class of '23
do without "Kate"? She is
charming, and has a wonderful
disposition, and is one of the
jolliest and best natured girls
of the class. She has dramatic
talent, too, as we observed at
the Senior Play. "Kate" has
served as treasurer of the class
during our senior year, thus
Proving that she is a born busi-
Wo oil i V R ai Mie 1S a norn dusi-
We all know that the children will adore her.
Mabel Congdon Medbury
Wilmington, Vermont
"How far that little candle
throws its beams:"
And just as far, do the smiles
which Mabel daily gives us,
throw their beams and cheer
us up. It's an enviable faculty
we'll all agree, to be able to
smile, any place, any time, any-
where. Our Mabel is blessed
with that same accomplishment.
fripnH tr>oii „ ' s happy, conscientious, a
her success * "' " ^"^ l0V6S her and W " isheS
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Edna Irene Messier
Pittsfield, Mass.
Here's to Irene of Room Eight!
She tries hard ne'er to be late;
She does all the work
The rest of us shirk —
This dear Irene of Room Eight!
Edna Irene has deserted us
for Pittsfield almost every week
end throughout the past two
years, but we have appreciated
her while she was here. Every-
one loves her dancing brown
eyes and her snappy manner of
dking. Besides, is she not our most ladylike member?
he has that name, at least. There are a host of things we
ould say about her, but let it suffice to say that she is a
rue friend to all.
Bmnche Adelaide Olsted
Pittsfield, Mass.
"Here's to the sweetest one,
Here's to the neatest one,
Here's to the truest,
Of all who are true."
Who does not love Our
Blanche, the most athletic girl
in N. A. N. S? Do we not
know this roguish little girl by
the merry twinkle in her eye?
If you once meet her you will
always remember her by her
winning ways. She brings hap-
piness and sunshine into every heart by her many comfort-
ing words of cheer. For these and many other reasons we
are all proud of our deal pal, Blanche.
Josephine Camille Mooney
Lee, Mass.
"Like sunshine her glances so
tenderly fall,
She smiles not for one, but she
smiles on us all.
And many a heart she has eas'd
of its care.
We'll bless the dear lass with the
delicate air."
Here's to the neatest of our
class, whom every one knows to
be a good friend. We all know
that "Jo" will always keep her
aise and sweet dignity even during the most exciting of
)llege games. May Josephine, as she well deserves, win
iccess and happiness wherever she goes.
Geneva Agnes O'Brien
Stockbridge, Mass.
"Gene" is our class baby.
She has all the characteristics
of a lovable child and none of
those which a prize baby should
lack. Gene is always ready for
everything, being a crackerjack
at tennis and "right there"
when it comes to stationary bas-,
ketball. Her talents are not
alone in this line, for who can
forget "Gene" in our tableau as
Sweet Genevieve? Without
"Gene" the class of '23 wouldn't be, at least we couldn't
imagine it. Here's wishing "Gene" the best of success in
whatever profession she undertakes, whether it's teaching
school or testing "soups."
Ruth W. Nesbit
Pittsfield, Mass.
"To the best old pal one ever had,
Our 'Nebby,'
To one whose smile is never sad,
Our 'Nebby.'
To one who's always just the
same
And straight and square, will
play the game —
Our 'Nebby.' "
"You are to be a fine
teacher," we prophesy. The
children will love you and be
ger to help you because you have a brisk and pleasing
anner of which one never tires. Don't forget us.
Helen T. O'Neill
Pittsfield, Mass.
"You may travel many a weary
mile,
You may see many a pleasant
smile,
But no matter where or when you
90,
There is never a smile like the one
we know,
Never a greeting half so sweet
As the one you receive when our
pal you meet."
Always laughing and ready
for fun, Helen has kept the spirit of '23 up to the top. She
is never too busy to attempt more work which she goes about
blithely singing her favorite song, "My Buddy." None of
us can find words to tell our appreciation and affection for
her. Whenever we speak of our famous class, we will al-
ways remember our dear old Captain who has so faithfully
supported the crew in our two years' voyage.
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Ruth Winifred Potter
Williamstown, Mass.
Culm and resolute, h-ard by f**.
We find her ready, staunch, a+A
true.
Yes, you are really heard by ffe-»
Hut those few will vouch for
you.
Need not fear that too quiet you
are,
You will outshine many of us
by far.
H'or 'tis the silent one in tirr.<r.
To greater, nobler heights may
Ruth Elizabeth Reynolds
North Adams, Mass.
"Her ways arc ways of
pleasantness,
Her paths arc wai/s of
Peace."
Ruth belongs to the "Trolley
Urigadt" from "Billtown."
lOvery morning she rides from
two to three miles to learn the
art of teaching future citfzens
of America. During her course
Hhe has studied diligently and
has obtained the best results
possible, but do not for one
1,1 «Iiii«h not believe the saying, "AH
minute think th;
work and no play m'uU™ 1 a dull boy » (or she does.
Whenever there lM „ u , either assembly or
munc room dur,„« „,„ lunch M Ruth
While she has !„.,.,, w|
1,1 fnft, she is thinking seriously of
She has also a liking,? for "Gym"
*" Imu Ruth has cultivated a special
UKing lor Bobs.
"bobbing" her own h, M
and she never missis ,, . ■ ,, ■ : . ., ,■
u„„ i . ,, , " period. Bob ana ti>m Ktc * J
her busy m a her
minutes.
soJool FK M WiS , h " S '" '^'-'.v-three go with you to your
school in New Jersey, |> ll( | 6
Margaret Mary Sb
Lee, Mass.
"But Oh, she dinces SttcfcW
No sun, uvon an Ras'er dair
Is half so fine a sight." *
Here's "Peg" Shea, the ■)
with the dimples, who came j
us from Lee. Rightly do J
she deserve to be railed Z
"best dancer" as is evident bJ
her popularity at dances. But
is it only because of her danc*
ing? Listen! Here is the"
:ret. It is her roguish eyes and bewitching smiles
We hope she will dance through life, having for a part-
ler. "Success."
Alice M. Sheerin
West Stockbridge, Mass.
"Open your blue eyes lo Iht
worn."
This quotation is very fitting
and appropriate for Alice, who
is one of the important daugh-
ters from West Stockbridge,
Mass.
She was also one of the mem-
bers of the third floor group
who certainly enjoyed life while
at Normal. Although voted
the livest member of the class
she was very quiet towards the close of the term.
Alice took the kindergarten course and had very gccd
luck with the children.
While at Normal it was a hard thing for Alice to get up at
six-thirty, but we feel that next year when she is teaching in
some "little red school house," she will get up early and al-
ways be on time for school.
Jessie Scott
North Adams. Mass.
"C<rme on and danet. H'« ftel
.so happy."
Will any of us ever forget the
untiring willingness of Jessie
when we wanted to spend half
an hour dancing at noon? No,
we can never forget those
happy times for which Jessie
proved to be the musician.
Jessie is not only talented with
the ability to play the piano!
comes to Hro„ i .- She's also a real artist when it
Tess Lt W. g . n > W '««* of the Nell Brinkley type.
of our Norm 1 H ^^ "» d she * a '«*** """^
need J ls Z *' f"^ >Ws she have a good time? He
an art schot {£ ^ * ."J- *>** time probably go to
^ vv > wishes go out to you. Jess-
Alice Smith
Chadwick, New York
"Always do ard always say
The kindzst thing in the kind-'st
way."
"Al" comes from New York
state, but we love her just the
Same. She is always the same
sweet little lady no matter
what the occasion, and we have
often heard it said that "Al
will receive her rew r ard for her
sunny disposition. She well
deserves the title of "Winsome
Alice." May the best of success be hers in the coming years.
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Madeline Elizabeth Tracy
Stockbridge, Mass.
"Trace"
Here's to Trace of '23!
She smiles with you, and laughs
with me.
When you want a sample of
Paradise,
All you need do is look in her
eyes.
She's ever happy as the day is
long,
Her heart is light as any song.
If you're blue at all, my dear,
She'll always bring you the best of cheer.
Long she's been our shining star,
And we'll think of her where e'er we are
We wish her success with all our might
For long she has been our true delight.
Gertrude Lucy Tyer
Lee, Mass.
"The readiness of doing doth
e.press
No other but the doer's
willingness."
It did not take us long to find
this out about "Gert," who was
ever willing to help us in every
way. She has proved it by be-
ing ready to do any work, no
matter how busy she was or
how trying the task. It would
be hard for the class of '23 to find a squarer and more loyal
girl than is our "Gert." If "Gert" keeps as good order in
her own school as she has here as council member, we all
know she wUl have a model school.
Gladys Wemple
Adams, Mass.
"For she is just Ike quiet kind
Whose nature never varies,
Like streams that keep the sum-
mer mind
Snow-hid in January."
Gladys is one of those quiet
girls who does things without
making much noise about it.
She has worked quietly and con-
fwk IW_1 scientiously throughout her two
i^k. iiafi* years at Normal School. "Glad"
has proven herself very efficient
as a "messenger girl" as the members of the class can testify.
The best wishes of the class go with her wherever she may
teach next year.
Dorothy Louise Wheeler
Shelburne, Mass.
"Modest and simple and sweet,
the very type of Prescilla."
Is it any wonder that
Dorothy has captivated several
male visitors at the dormitory
by her colorful beauty of char-
acter? She is a silent girl and
one who loves to bear the bur-
den of people's secrets; but be-
ware how you try to extract a
secret from the lips of "Dot!"
Though Dorothy is silent and
not a boaster, she might tell of much hard work accom-
plished during her two years with us. In her Junior year
she did good conscientious work as Exchange Editor of The
Axis. This year she has put all the energy on teaching and
doing work at the dormitory. We all know that "Dot" will
always be faithful to that school of hers in Northampton
next year.
Ruth Isabella Wilder
Montague, Mass.
"You are an elegant scholar,
Having the graces of speech and
skill in turning of phrases."
— Miles Standish
For two years Ruth helped
us over the stony pitfalls by
rescuing the class when it
couldn't solve a problem in ge-
ometry or didn't know the
author of some poem or book.
She was always ready to deal
out paper, pencils, and erasers
in the supply room, a place she was very capable of holding.
Ruth, with her strong alto voice, has serviceably filled a
position as a member of the Glee Club during her two years
at Normal.
We expected to hear that Ruth was going to teach in San
Domingo, but alas, our hopes were not satisfied as she ex-
pects to teach in Northfield, Mass. So here's to you, Ruth,
a very prosperous future.
Marion Avery Woodard
Greenfield, Mass.
Here's to you, Marion, so loyal
and true
You prove capable in all that you
do.
May you be happy as upward
you soar,
There is no one we know who de-
serves it more.
Your efficiency and fairness
so won our hearts throughout
the year that none of us shall
forget you as our House-Presi-
dent of 1923.
Whenever we carry on dramatics in our school, we shall
be inspired by your ability to portray Christopher Columbus.
Yourspirit of helpfulness and yourlove for fine things will,
we feel sure, win you glory wherever you go.
Special Stubents
Gertrude Rose Boyle
New Bedford, Mass.
Here's to "Gert,"
A New Bedford lass,
If ho is always ready
To ser'e her elass.
Everybody knows that "Gert"
comes a long distance to attend
our school, and we are all proud
of the fact that she is with us.
"Gert" is very fond of all kinds
of sports including dancing and
men. She has just the best
disposition in the world, and no matter when you meet her
she is sure to be wearing that New Bedford smile.
Harriet Viola ]
North Adams, !
"A form more fair, c
sweet
Ne'er hath it been my I
Harriet, better
some as "Hatty," i
ne'er to be forgo
sweet gentle way hj
many friends and
Though the day be
dreary, all one has t
cheered is to look at
to find that sam<
smile.
She will always be remembered as standing
Assembly gaily relating a few of the many int€
cidents of the "Washington Trip."
Celestine Copps Davine
Rutland, Vermont
"Rather a quiet young lady is she,
With the gentlest of manners you
erer did see."
Here's to "Cel," the meekest
girl in the class. Her favorite
pastimes are men and dances.
Can she dance? We'll say she
can! "Cel" has a very be-
witching smile, and oh, those
blue eyes! Although she is a
Vermonter, who came to North
Adams Normal School to take
up the noble profession of teaching the younger generation,
we have an idea that she will not continue very long in this
line of work. However, whatever you do, or wherever you
go, the best wishes of the class go with you, "Cel."
Nellie Sle
Wheel right, M
Although Nellie wat
year
We all admit she is <
♦
The only thing
against popular Nel
she did not join
sooner. She is sue
fun loving girl, wh
dance, sing, play 1
ride in automobile
witty sayings, and ii
the things which real live, attractive girls enjoy.
ability and pleasing personality, she will make a
upper grade teacher.
Of course Nellie's future will be successful and
the class of 1923 extends their best wishes to he
Loi'ise Spencer
Warren, Mass.
Calm and collected, she enters the game,
Thus as a tennis champ, Lou has won fame.
Each girl in her turn has endeavored to win
But none has succeeded, and have to give in.
Louise came a little late to join us, so we missed having
her in the dormitory. Yet, by her cheerful manner, she
quickly made friends with us all. Her witty sayings and
replies reveal Lou's sense of humor hidden behind her most
dignified manner. Work among the children in Perkins's
Institute has increased her thorough understanding of
human nature.
Louise's musical talent has brought pleasure and been an
inspiration to us all.
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Class Dap proaram
Monday, June Eighteenth
rH E CALL AT 2 P. M.
\DDRESS OF WELCOME Helen O'Neill
<ONGS a. The Year's at the Spring
■';. Care Flies from the Lad that, is Merry
ADDRESS TO JUNIORS Madeline Tracy
RESPONSE Katherine Kimball '24
•LASS SONG Elizabeth Cooke
LASS HISTORY (Junior Year) Florence Mack
'Senior Year) Alice Smith
LASS PROPHECY Elizabeth Cooke
Katherine Drennan
I ASS WILL Ruth Clarke
Irene Messier
ONG "It Was a Dream"
VY ORATION Elizabeth Dunphy
VY POEM Louise McDonough
•LANTING OF THE IVY Helen O'Neill for '23
Katherine Kimball for '24
VY SONG
;()NG "Alma Mater"
'LASS RECEPTION ON THE GREEN
\ESTHETIC DANCES
PROMENADE AT 8 P. M. NORMAL HALL
©raouation program
Tuesday, June Nineteenth
PROGRAM AT 2 P. M.
;ONG "Shout Aloud in Triumph" Manney
SCRIPTURE READING AND PRATER
Rev. Arthur Murray
;ONG "Calm is the Night" Bohm
VDDRESS Education for America in 1923
Frank W. Wright, State Director of Normal Schools
>ONG "May Dance" Lacome
HFT by the CLASS OF 1923
'RESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
Director Frank W. Wright
RINGING
God bless our native land!
Firm may she ever stand
Through storm and night!
When the wild tempests rave,
Ruler of wind and wave,
Do Thou our country save,
By Thy great might!
For her our prayers shall be,
Our Father's God, to Thee,
On Thee we wait!
Be her walls Holiness;
Her rulers, Righteousness;
• Her officers be Peace;
God save the State!
John S. Dwight
(graduates
Elementary-Intermediate
Helen Barrows
Ruth Irene Clarke .
Genevieve Mary Coffey
Elizabeth Cogswell Cooke
Margaret Edna Dadson
Lilian Claire Douglas
Katherine Evarista Drennan
Be mice Edwards
Karolyn Rose Finck
Gladys Mary Hall .
Elizabeth Margaret Hurley .
Olive Elizabeth lies
Anna Larkin ....
Margaret Elizabeth Lowrie
Florence Veronica E. Mack .
Anna Louise MacMasters
Kathleen Rita McCann .
Catherine Elizabeth McCarty
Helen Rita McCarty
Mabel Congdon Medbury
Edna Irene Messier
Josephine Camilla Mooney .
Ruth Weisheit Nesbit .
Blanche Adelaide Olsted
Geneva Agnes O'Brien
Helen Theresa O'N nil .
Ruth Winifred Potter .
Ruth Elizabeth Reynolds
Margaret Mary Shea
Alice Lillian Smith
Madeline Elizabeth Tracy
Gertrude Lucy Tyer
Gladys Hull Wemplo
Dorothy Louise Wheeler
Ruth Isabella Wilder .
Marion Avery Woodard
Kindergarten-Primary Department
Marion Isabel Bence
Mildred Anna Boyle
Grace Marion Bunnell .
Elizabeth A. Dunphy
Edith T. Fobes
Edith Margretta McCann
Gertrude Mary Mazanec
Jessie Emma Scott
Alice Mary Sheerin
Household Arts Department
Rita Mary Agan
Bessie Annette Barber .
Margaret Elizabeth Dunfrey
Pauline Carol Johnson .
Mariorie Thompson Kennedy
Helen Louise McDonough
Katherine Cecelia McMahon
Dorset, Vt.
Greenfield
. Pittsfield
Pittsfield
Waterbury, Conn.
Williamstown
. Pittsfield
Orange
. Lyonsville
Ashley Falls
Lenox
North Adams
Great Barrington
North Adams
North Adams
North Adams
North Adams
. Pittsfield
Great Barrington
Wilmington, Vt.
Pittsfield
Lee
. Pittsfield
. Pittsfield
Stockbridge
. Pittsfield
Williamstown
North Adams
Lee
Chadwicks, N. Y.
Stockbridge
Lee
Adams
Shelburne
Montague
. Greenfield
. Pittsfield
Hatfield
Amherst
Haydenville
. Pittsfield
North Adams
. Buckland
North Adams
West Stockbridge
North Adams
Williamstown
Williamstown
. Worcester
North Adams
North Adams
North Adams
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aoorens of Welcome
DARENTS, Teachers, Classmates, Friends— The class of
1923 extends to you a most cordial welcome on this
occasion which brings with it commingled feelings of joy and
sadness: joy, because we have reached the goal for which we
have so long been striving; sadness, because of the severing
of long and intimate companionships.
During the exercises of this afternoon, I bid you listen to
our chosen representatives as they project before us the
various pictures of our Normal School life or as they prophesy
of the far distant future. To the participation of such
scenes the class of 1923 bids its friends welcome.
In these two years we have learned to know and value one
another; we have formed the unrivaled friendships of school
life; also we have shared our pleasures beneath these poplars
and together we have read to the end of long chapters of
opportunities.
I can wish nothing higher or happier for us than that
through our lives, in joy and sorrow, in brightest sunshine
and deepest shadow, there may remain with us the consci-
ousness of duty well performed. We have reached the goal
towards which we have been striving here at Normal and
must now enter upon the greater field of life which lies
stretched before us. We must cast away the actual privi-
leges and pleasures of our Norma! School only to hold them
with the firm grasp of our memories. Our equipment is
good, our armor strong, so let us meet our worldly battles
face to face, remembering that a nation looks to her schools
for girls of intellectual and spiritual leadership.
We go forth as members of a large family, to meet again
when occasion offers, ready always to help one another and
never forgetting to honor our Alma Mater. We want to
carry sunshine out into the big world. Even at this time
we do not wish to darken life by sad thoughts because we
know the memories of our school days will brighten our
future.
The girl with a high aim and firm purpose, with unselfish
ambition and longing for the ideal, knows no failure or de-
feat. For her and for her alone, all the experiences of life
combine to prove the way to further achievement. For she
knows full well, that she, —
"Who puts back into place a fallen bar,
Or flings a rock out of a traveled road,
Her feet are moving toward the central star;
Her name is whispered in the God's abode."
There are those before us who hold especial claims upon
our gratitude. Those who have helped us to see the truth so
beautifully expressed in Edwin Markham's ode "To Young
America":
"In spite of the stare of the wise and the world's derision,
Dare travel the star-blazed road, dare follow the Vision.
It breaks as a hush on the soul in the wonder of youth;
And the lyrical dream of the girl is the knightly truth.
The world is a vapor, and only the Vision is real —
Yea, nothing can hold against Hell but the Winged Ideal."
Mr. Smith and members of the Faculty, we thank you for
your care and for the interest you have taken in the welfare
of those who come here each year to your kind oversight, and
we want you to believe that we will ever cherish in our hearts
the thought that to a great extent it is to you we owe the
inspiration we have gained and the privileges we have en-
joyed — the privileges of fitting ourselves for the noble and
honored profession which we are about to enter. We thank
you for the sacrifices you have made for us; for the life and
labor that you have embodied in your teaching. We cannot
repay you, and promises are empty forms, but we trust, we
know, that our lives, that every one of our lives, will be cen-
ters of greater influences for good for having been taught by
you.
Friends — the events of this day and of the past school days
are to be long remembered and recalled with pleasure and
now in the name of my class, whose representative I am
proud to be. I bid you welcome and hope you will thoroughly
enjoy the program which we have prepared.
Hihu O'Neill
aooress to tbc 3«niors
T^EAR Friends, Faculty, Classmates and Juniors:
Today marks a mile-stone on our steady climb up-
ward. Just beyond the horizon we see the beacon light of
service encouraging us to go on. Yet, as we have worked
together, helped each other over the rough places and
laughed merrily on the smooth roads, what close friendships
have been woven. Today before answering the beckoning
light, we pause to realize that we must leave you who are so
dear to us. We have attained our goal because you have
been loyal and helpful as we have striven onward. Be as-
sured we shall keep you ever in our most precious thoughts.
Members of the faculty, your efforts have been endless in
fitting us to be guides to young America. You have im-
planted within us high hopes and aspirations and we will
endeavor to fulfill your expectations.
Our wish is that we may be able to go out into the broad
educational field and carry on the ideals of loyalty, helpful-
ness and service which you have so faithfully set before us.
We, as Senio.s, have made many mistakes. It hardly
seems necessary to give you Juniors who have porved so
fine in this year's work, a bit of advice. Yet, perhaps in the
coming year, as Seniors, ycu will meet unexpected diffi-
culties. In behalf of the class of '23, I bestow these bits of
counsel upon you:
First, to the girls in Taconic Hall:
Don't plan too much upon having ice cream after your
Glee Club Concert. You may be disappointed.
If you stay out of class, report to Mrs. Van. It's wisest.
When superintendents come to interview you, wash your
faces. Mr. Smith told us to.
When you wear knickers, keep off -Main Street.
Try to restore the reputation of third floor. It has suf-
fered greatly of late.
Do not fall ou of bed at twelve o'clock at night.
Be loyal to your House President and council members.
To the Home girls:
Gym class is for you girls as well as Taconic Hall girls.
Miss Lamphier's room is not the place for a boxing match.
Don't dance in the Taconic Hall social room during lunch
hour.
Buy a supply of cosmetics and leave it in the cloak room
so that fewer will be tardy to classes.
To all you Juniors:
We came here with a great aim in view. Each day in our
dear Alma Mater brought forth new prob ems for us to face.
The solution of these problems has expanded our wisdom and
knowledge. Today we feel fitted to go out, not to conquer
the world, but to continue and steadily broaden our educa-
tion.
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come back in September to carry on your work,
^*° m any things to remember. Always have upper-
*J* W ' our m "j n d the children whom you are teaching. Do
"^i" Afraid to attack new things with a determination to
Si and vou'll surely be successful.
It-member that behind all your trials and triumphs is the
j**nm>
Power always inspiring you with high ideals of
|gy«.ty and truth.
Madeline Tracy '23
•Response to tbc Seniors
DEAR Seniors:
For weeks and even months now you have been look-
ing forward eagerly to your Commencement. We, too, are-
eager for that g;eat event but underneath that desire we are
wondering what we shall do without you.
Much of the social and athletic success of our Junior Class
has been due to your helpfulness and your love. What
would our Hallowe'en party have been without you to guide
us and to add to the merriment? We never shall forget the
feeling which you created of our belonging to one big family.
Because of this feeling we have been inspired to do our very
best.
We have had many never-to-be-forgotten good times to-
gether. May there be many more in the years to come.
Who of us that went will ever forget the trips to Albany,
Greylock, Whitcomb's Summit and many other such places?
Not only these hikes, but the many parties and contests, in
which we have taken part together, will be among our cher-
ished memories in the future.
Seniors, you are to be congratulated on the way you
worked to make your vision of a trip to Washington a real-
ity. May you as courageously and persistently overcome all
obstacles. Indeed, the class of '24 hopes that in everything
you attempt, whatever line of work you undertake, you may
have the very best of good fortune.
Today our one wish is that you might be here to welcome
us this coming autumn as you were last September. How-
ever, as the same good thing very seldom happens twice, we
must be content to take your places and do our best for the
coming Juniors.
We are all obliged to admit that the class of '23 is very
very brilliant. However, just remember that when we had
our Senior-Junior Debate, the Juniors proved very force-
fully that "No Japanese should be allowed to come to this
country and live." Again, we all acknowledge how athletic
you are and you won a great many basketball games, this
winter. Nevertheless, when it came to playing the Mark
Hopkins eighth grade girls, it fell to the Juniors to uphold
the honor of the school.
If we don't get the ice cream we plan on after our Glee
Club Concert, would it be all right to have a midmight feed
and sing "Coming down from Bangor" or some such charm-
ing song?
Don't fear for the reputation cf the third floor next year.
We will all be so angelic that r.o one will ever know there
third floor! None of us will do anything worse than prac-
tice for the broad or high jumps at ten-thirty or eleven
o'clock while the poor innocents under us are trying to get a
little beauty sleep!
Your one aim this year has been to perfect yourselves in
the art of teaching. You have striven hard in your work
and have proven yourselves capable cf doing much that is
fine and good.
I am prophesying that a few years from now there will be
ten superintendents, six principals, several members of the
State Board of Education and many, many wonderful teach-
ers all belonging to the class of '23. When you have at-
tained these great heights, remember once in a while that
the class of '24 is just one short year behind you.
Katherine Khnball '24
Class ^>ong
Tune: "Duna"
When we were within your walls
How little knew we e'er
How dear to hearts you would become,
Your mem'ries leave us ne'er.
But now we are a-leaving you,
And though the wide we roam,
The dear old halls of Normal
Call us home.
The dear old halls of Norma]
Call us home.
The blue and gold of memories,
With just a glint of tears,
And happiness and laughter gay,
Throughout our two short years.
And though we wander far from here,
Our hearts will cross the foam,
When dear old halls of Normal
Call us home.
When dear old halls of Normal
Call us home.
Elizabeth C. Cooke
llup ©ration
".4 dainty plant is the ivy green."
In choosing an emblem, by which we may be encouraged
on our way over the winding, beckoning path of life stretch-
ing before us, to conquer the trials awaiting us there, we too
have followed the time honored custom of selecting the ivy.
Gentle and firm, its symbolic ideals have withstood the
test of the ages, surmounted the attack of fake ideals and
vain ambitions, which so often try to crush out the worthy
standards of life. Untarnished still it stands for Victory.
Along its way, gracefully and confidently advancing its
slender strength, reaching on to higher steeps, its delicate
frosty beauty is enhanced by the glory of its achievements.
Alone, unaided, it climbs on, extending its tendrils in a
broadening mantle of sheltering friendliness for the smaller
wayfarers.
With us, we are taking many treasured memories tinged
with a bit of sadness that shadows, for
"There is something in our Normal
Sets the class spirit astir.
We must rise and follow her
When from every hill and lane
She calls and calls
Each classmate by her name."
Today, as we hesitate in starting the new stretch of our
roadway, reluctant to part, yet anxious to test our strength,
let the ivy so entwine its character with ours that we may
go forth unafraid and steadfastly cling to the ideals which it
embodies. And let us with Robert Browning sing:
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"Then welcome each rebuff
That turns earth's smoothness rough,
Each sting that bids, nor sit nor stand, but go.
Be our joys three part pain;
Strive, hold cheap the strain.
Learn nor account the pang.
Dare, never grudge the throe."
Elizabeth Dunph//
3IU£ Song
Tunc: "Voices of Evening"
Now that we are leaving Normal
Our hearts are filled with memories dear,
Our voices join in songs of praises
For Alma Mater in the coming year.
As a token of our love, dear Normal,
We plant this clinging ivy vine,
A symbol of our life devotion
To deck these dear old walls of thine.
Climb, Ivy, strong and steady,
May nothing mar your progress true,
Protect and guard our dear old Normal,
We leave the future years to you.
R. Agan '23
K. McMahon '23
3uniot Class ifrtstorp
In answer to the call of America for more experienced
teachers to prepare her future citizens, fifty-four jolly but
timid girls entered the halls of North Adams Normal School
in the fall of nineteen twenty-one. These fifty-four mem-
bers made up the class of nineteen twenty-three.
Each realized to a moderate extent that she had a great
task, a great duty, before her. Early in our career we be-
came aware that we knew far less than we had credited
ourselves with knowing, that in Miss Lamphier's class es-
pecially, accuracy was not only helpful but necessary; that
we could sing solos even though we thought we couldn't
and that the class of nineteen twenty-three had few artists
in its midst. We were also warned that although the Sen-
iors were few in number they were exceedingly precious.
After the first days of our sudden awakening we were in-
formed that the faculty, in view of the fact that Mr. Smith
had become our new principal, had planried a house warm-
ing in his honor, and we were invited to help make this event
a success. We do not know about the "surprise" of the
party, but we do know that all concerned spent an enjoy-
able evening at Mr. Smith's home.
Shortly after, we were socially received by the members
of the faculty and the Senior class at the annual "Junior
Reception." On this occasion we discovered two inter-
esting and welcome facts. The first was that the Seniors
were as fun loving as we, while the second was that Miss
Skeele was "a friend to drive away the gloomy hours,"
which fact became known when she gave her demonstration
waltz with the broom. We had often heard that this or
that man was a "stick" but we had never tried this substi-
tute for dancing partners. If for any reason your "man"
can't come to the next dance don't feel too bad, just try
Miss Skeele's suggestion.
Then, the business activities of our class began A
meeting of its members installed, Miss Madeline Tracy as
its president, Miss Irene Messier as its vice-president, Miss
Florence Mack as its secretary and Miss Ruth Nesbit as
its treasurer. Some of us received invitations from the
Seniors to become members of the Glee Club. It was with
fear in our hearts and voices that we attended its first
meetings.
The last of October we were told that the first of a series
of four "Man Dances" was to be held. "Man Dances"!
"What are they?" "Who ever heard of a dance without
men?" Such questions were among the many asked by us
when we heard this expression. Later we found that there
could, indeed, be dances without men. You may be sure
that each girl present at this affair resolved to take advan-
tage of this one of few such occasions, and had the best time
possible. Eleven o'clock sounded all too soon, and good-
byes must be hastily said to the lads who had been found
with such difficulty. Many were the girls from the "dorm"
who that night expressed an envy of the "home" girls, as
they climbed the stairs of the "dorm" to retire and inciden-
tally to dream of "the man" of the first "Man Dance."
Miss Skeele again showed her interest in twenty-three by
helping in the planning of our Party for the Seniors. Here,
again, we found the Seniors an enjoyable group. Who will
ever forget the costumes of Mr. Smith and Myron, on that
night? Not one member of twenty-three at least.
By Christmas, the "dorm" girls had accustomed them-
selves to the rules of their "council" and were wearing hats,
if not because of the "hat rule" because of the cold.
With the beginning of the second half of our school year,
our dear friend and adviser, Mrs. Couch, left us to take a
trip south to improve her health. Mrs. Caldwell took up
her duties and made an able substitute for us.
Who will forget the pride of our class upon the publication
of the first school paper under the capable direction of Miss
Ruth Clarke and her able assistants? Nineteen twenty-
three may always remember with pride that she is the
"mother" of the school's first paper. We hope that in years
to come The Axis will continue to improve as it has under
her direction.
In March we witnessed one of the finest productions ever
presented at our school. This play, "The Three Chauffeurs,"
was given by the Seniors under the careful supervision of
Miss Baright. To her was extended the hearty congratu-
lations of a most appreciative audience. Until then we had
failed to realize that twenty-two had so many good substi-
tutes for the opposite sex.
On April twenty-eighth we watched, with longing, the
Seniors start on their trip to Boston which they had been
planning so long. Then, we resolved that our class, too,
would take a trip, not to Boston, but to Washington.
Whether or not we should be successful remained to be seen.
The Seniors warned us, and the faculty advised us, not to
place our goal too far away, but all to no avail.
At last, the Juniors were to have a chance to prove to
the public of North Adams that they had in their midst a
group of talented young women capable of its patronage.
And so, on May nineteenth, in spite of the disapproval of
the weather man, the Glee Club Concert was given.
During our short stay at North Adams Normal we learned
to love and admire the Seniors and faculty and it was with
deep regret that we realized that graduation was near at
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"Jo
, j that the time had come when we must say adieu
* > * 1 ', fiends we loved. After the impressive exercises we,
C fc» Juniors of yesterday, were Seniors, dignified Seniors,
ted to inspire and lead the new Juniors. Let us here
• , three cheers for "Old Normal," its faculty, and the class
I nineteen twenty-two. Three cheers, may we say, for
r first successful year as members of this school. May
our second year be as successful, if not more successful
than our first.
With the pledge to return with two dollars and a half to
■tart out Washington Fund, the "New Seniors" departed to
spend the summer recess in play and study to prepare for
the last year at Normal.
Florence Mack
Senior Claes 1bi$ton>
WHAT a fine feeling it roused to see our teachers and
friends again after our long summer's vacation! (For
we were Seniors though we sometimes persisted in calling
ourselves Juniors.) Better still, when the roll was called,
every one of the Seniors proved true to her promise to return
in the fall.
What a pleasure it was to welcome such a large class of
Juniors! Another source of great enjoyment was to find
the new members of our faculty present. There was Miss
Evelyn Perry, who came to take charge of the Musi? and
Arithmetic; Mr. Wallace Venable for Zoology, Botany, and
Gardening; and the new Principal of Mark Hopkins, Mr.C.E.
Carpenter. At Taconic Hall we welcomed our new Assist-
ant Matron, Miss Virginia Sears.
We Seniors, proud of our loyal members, found another
surprise waiting for us when Pauline Johnson, Edith Fobes,
and Elizabeth Dunphy enlisted with us. And here we were,
well launched with numbers aplenty. For captain and
officers we elected:
President, Helen O'Neill
Vice President, Lilian Douglas
Secretary, Rita Agan
Treasurer, Katherine McMahon.
With the backing of a crew of enthusiastic and willing
workers, with a stock of ideas, a cargo of suggestions and
plans (lesson plans), chests of good feeling, and a small
amount of money, they started us on our year's voyage.
From time to time, we let people know what we were doing
through our Junior project, The Axis. The columns of this
paper told that Seniors as well as Juniors and faculty were
well on their way early in September. Our reception to the
Juniors proved to us that we were over one hundred strong
as a school, and our new school mates were fast becoming
loyal and helpful friends.
For Section 2 of the Seniors, the long-looked-for time soon
came when we could find ourselves in front of a class of real
children. What an inspiration children are, and how fine a
feeling it was to think we were really teaching! As we look
back on those early experiences, we wonder sometimes that
there are any survivors of our questioning ways to keep Sec-
tion 1 still busy. Soon the tides changed, however, as they
will do, and we found we could certainly make use of every
bit of knowledge we possessed in order to keep up with these
children. Every assignment at the training school proved
increasingly interesting and continues to do so for the half
of the class now out teaching.
Classes also took on new interest for us. Here we were
learning about everything in nature around us. In both
- r-** * »> w beginning b >' P ot "
Geography and Zoolog>. «* • ; ~ ^ , he re mains of our
ting out-of-doors. W« r.rs: ««« -^ ^^^ they see med
labor in the gardens Mueft *» 'jV^.f trim rows. How
like little forests instead of -*•• - x / ;; crU<ketB and grasshop-
we did enjoy our field crip* '°.\*^". he merest little fellow
pers! How glad »v «? «° Tj %vtuier we learned that
far from our limits. ««« _ ^ .-nytish breathed with a
fish ate "fish food": and sr ** J ^, mU , d Brad i ey Street
"breathing apparatus. Ttuw .^ , hv and learned many
or visited Natural Bridge to- *•" w ^'inspiration was ours
new things about North Adams ^^ ^j
and ever shall be from our pKv* ^^ ^^ we80onde _
From our roamings around ... -^ generate d xim and
veloped a spirit of adventurv ^ fortunate we are to
strength for a hike up ^J* ,| u , gowning height of
have within our midst tt"> -e «- -_^ ^ Albany wn ich held
Massachusetts. Next »v h:1 :.*.\'. ;ipiu ,l an d Educational
many delightful interests^ -^ ^ rf ^^ M provide d
Buildings, the Schuyler * w ";, v ^ ulignt drive home aceom-
special features for us. W •*£ ^ l<our8e over the hills of
panied with cheerful songs l, ^ - ^ &n Qld bridg<?
Vermont. Never forget ** ;!' ne the lighter. Thor-
— that standing up will nu»M • • ^^ convinced more
oughly thrilled with our ^*;7 w ' ash i ngton . Even though
than ever that we must ^ H Mef time, we had developed
school had beer, in session Ml t ^ ^ ., Nqw aftpr & short
the mania for "a 1 np W * v {q pugh fonvar(i an y-
journey we were enthni W a f ^ ^ fund
thing which meant a luth ... . ^ from msg Baright
As the result of the inspira" ^^ ear]y .„ the year .
and this desire, we K*ai k ^ attempt> it not only
The Columbus Play »» ' L . tW olfth of October, but helped
served as a celebration tor ^ ^ ^^ together an d
to prove to us that w0 * ho Pi i gr im Play, written by
write plays." The "ex •• about three hun drod
our girls. With tins, we . « < ^ Qf the ^ The
and fifty of the children '• ^^ portraying the
Christmas Entertainment. . ^ presented and showe d
History of Christmas I eco . ^ ^^ ^ au dience.
a unique way of bringing . « • arouri d, we were right in
By the time that M'n * '^ was concer ned. The
our element as far as pia. i <vvmed m0 st fitting for the
selection of a " t ^ p , vl ion and attention given to
class play. The rmmiU »-j— ■ jn the fina , presentat ion.
every detail was certaini. ^ , md how happy we were
' u ' lUul "J' j|. lriB ht we owe all credit we re-
plea
at the success.
ceivedfrom.,nsa,nc ;; -,> i( ^ (amethe
Along with oin Pl.» hji( a help it was t0 us _ yet W hat
"Better Speech tt eoK A ^^ uaing rfang or ,„„,r
a drain on our pocket l« . »■ • ^^ ^ „ A Magic VouV
English was lined a»« t»jfc« ■ ^„ ^ g . yen The lalt er
and the "Episode of Mi. ^ demonstralod to us that
was worked up by <»» « ing any names , made very
several of tin g.rls. i »' ^
good dictionaries n ; ^^ a pr ■ t
While under the nflw m« gay grew out of . -felt
sprang up, or 1 skpp ' were a hungry orow d, or a
need ." W»rttw«» l " r sh0 uld say not! Yet
group of underfed '""" ' " 0ur County of Berkshire
this is what we pn.|u«aj ,; effect8 „ all ver the
held and provided so mu" • ther? We could easily
state-why not ^''"^'^Uowing something from every
make a food and l^*J££S ^^Berkshire Banquet" nex
town in the county. The nam ^ ^ meant go lt
came to our ears. N« ,l " leyer and entertaining
happened that we J^J*^ to eat-such an appropriate
evening, a good turn «'»'
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combination. It was our privilege to have as guests mem-
bers of the faculty who joined us most heartily. Full of
initiative, they responded with witty speeches and songs.
The memory of this feasting will last as will the large map
we made. We owe our accomplishment to the careful and
untiring work of Miss Sholes and Mr. Eldridge who made
such an aifair possible.
At certain clearly stated intervals of the year beginning in
the fall, we ventured upon our social roles. These presented
themselves as "Man Dances." This year we found that we
could not hope to "softly glide" without interruption within
the walls of Taconic Hall. Thus it was that we showed our
individuality once more in entertaining at Normal Hall. It
was not so "normal" either that night. What had hap-
pened? Had a cyclone struck the place? If so, it was very
helpful, for the desks, chairs, and everything suggesting the
atmosphere of the assembly were swept away, and the place
looked festive and gay. The members of our receiving line
appeared to enjoy themselves even though they were "out
of the way on the Church Street side of the hall." We have
now had three of these functions, and Mr. Smith has con-
gratulated us on the fine spirit of the evenings spent in this
wise. May our last dance on the eve of Class Day be a
fitting climax to these pleasant events!
All these good times and work still went on. What could
we do to earn money? Have a bazaar? Just the thing!
So it was that we planned to provide Christmas gifts for
everyone, that is — all who cared to help the class by pur-
chasing useful articles displayed in the gymnasium. Vari-
ous booths were arranged to hold fancy work, candy, a fish-
pond, lolly-pops, and fortune tellers. Here, again, the cook-
ing department was requisitioned. How quickly our home-
made candies disappeared! We seemed to progress much
through the correlation of departments. Just think what a
fine chance this was to put to test our ability in store arith-
metic. A "sympathy orchestra" (consisting of "ukes" and
the piano) played for the amusement of the children present,
while Pauline Johnson danced and Bessie Barber sang.
Now that our secret hope, Washington, seemed clearer to
our view, we were glad to acknowledge that prospects were
brighter, as we had made seventy-five dollars. Each girl
now pledged herself to earn one dollar a month. So it was
that we found plenty of candy, good "eats," and helpful
service ; prevailing. It was only a matter of small cost to
have a shoe shine, hair curl, manicure, or even a "feed."
This competition surely laid low old H. C. L. of former times
and swelled our treasury.
After Christmas we turned our attention to a new enter-
tainment. Through the suggestion of Miss Perry, we were
to illustrate song poems and the Songs of Seven. This
bi ought back to us many of our sweet "Songs that Never
Grow Old." To complete the program, there was aesthetic
dancing by Beth Cooke and Pauline Johnson and songs by
the Glee Club. The eminent success was due to the hard,
continuous efforts of Miss Perry. Miss Baright kindly read
for us, and Miss Pearson and Mrs. Van lent a willing hand
to arrangements. Was not this a fine demonstration of
what we as teachers might do another year with our children?
A new semester now began. Our new subject was Psy-
chology. When we think of all we took for granted before,
it makes us thankful to know now that we have reasons to
back U3 up. How glad we were to find that we could adopt
that phrase "that's the psychology of it" and really know
what we were saying! What a treat it was to go to class and
listen to Mr. Smith's stories! Were they not illustrative and
to the point? How everyone of us wished she might train
her memory to be as acute as his! However, never carry
your laws of association so far as to make you think of a
certain person when you see a goat in his window.
An added feature of our work presented itself as drama-
tization. Beginning with the primary stories, we soon ad-
vanced to those of the grammar grades. We took up play
writing again. This time we had stories from texts for a
foundation. We developed our characters, too, all the way
from a "bench dog" to a walking "Wolf" in Rip Van Winkle.
Our inter-class affairs during the winter took the form of
stationary basketball which was a source of much compe-
tition. The Juniors showed their athletic powers by beat-
ing us at this. Our accomplishments in debate demon-
strated that Senior I. was more capable than the other sec-
tion, but that the Juniors could outwit us on the Japanese
question.
Now for Washington! Our Captain and President
Helen O'Neill, had planned this cruise for us from the be-
ginning of the year. Through thick and thin she steered
and encouraged every venture. We now elected two splen-
did chaperons, Miss McCormack and Mr. Cummings. The
last Saturday in April the wished-for day came. Every one
of us feels gratified for the effort of earning the money. We
think that all citizens of our Nation should, at some time or
other, visit the center of our democracy. No place could
ever be more inspiring! The lessons with Miss Pearson led
to the appreciations for the magnificent buildings, beautiful
designs, and sculpturing. We certainly could not have taken
a more lovely time of year to be there. The city was ad-
vanced into spring and everything was perfect. What a
feeling of patriotism was received and with what awe and
reverence did we visit the sacred places where Washington
and Lincoln had been! We could not help thinking of that
quotation:
"Lives of great men all remind us
We can make oui lives sublime.
And departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time."
We had never realized to such an extent how true this really
was. Then there was the heavenly spot at Mt. Vernon, that
old colonial bit of beauty. We can never hope to tell of
the promptings and emotions furnished by oui stay here.
Every one of us has carried away a heart full of love for her
country and feels a pride made possible by the work of our
great and noble countrymen. We cannot help but think,
in connection with the trip, of our splendid faculty and
Juniors, who had to put up with a great deal while we were
preparing to go.
The Glee Club, made up of both Seniors and Juniors
under the direction of Miss Perry, has accomplished great
things. The annual concert given a month ago was most
unusual. A fine choice of songs was rendered, and the inter-
pretations of artists added greatly to the enjoyment of the
program.
Along our horizon now rise the thoughts of Commence-
ment. Are we so near to the end as this? No, our Ban-
quet, Class Day, and Graduation are here, but the end for
this class can never be! We wish to tell the Juniors that
we shall ever have fond memories of our year together.
To teachers ever loyal and true,
We owe the praise for all we do.
We know not what our fates will be;
But we are content to wait and see.
The honor we give you, we cannot rhyme
But we hope to show it in future time.
Alice Smith
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propbecp Jfto. i
What a coldness clutched my heart! What a shiver in-
vaded my spine as I entered that room, deathlike in its
stillness. The single candle sputtering and flickering in the
corner doggedly did its duty. On the walls and over the
scant furniture, grotesque and awful figures danced in sol-
emn, sad succession. A single chair, weary of life, was lean-
ing dejectedly against the wall. Suddenly a shrill scream
broke the silence. The candle flickered, flamed, and died.
The hush of the room seemed to be broken for a moment and
with the return of that ominous quiet I became aware of a
presence. A voice, sweet as the song of a thrush, startled
my ears by saying, "Long, long ago, as far back as '23, you
took a trip to Washington with your class. A visit to the
Capitol was made. When you were leaving to each one was
granted a wish. You deliberated a moment and then wished
that you might at some time know what each member of your
class was doing. Many years have passed since that day,
but we have now decided that the time has come for such a
disclosure. I am to reveal the facts to you.
"Do you remember how skilful Rit Agan was with a bas-
ketball? She has increased her efficiency, for today three
balls hang outside the little shop she runs. It is conducted
exclusively for Normal students and Rit accepts everything
from broken down hairnets to a contract for Teachers'
Pension.
"There is an author of great renown, known as Marg.
Dadson. Her latest and most popular book is entitled,
'The Faithful Shepherd's Son.'
"Edith Fobes, after the training she received at North
Adams Normal, has taken a position as night-watchwoman
on board The Monitor. Here, her duty is light compared to
what it was in Normal for everyone observes the 'ten bells'
signal.
"Harriet Hawks, Harriet Hawks! Oh! yes. Many
moons ago she was in a tableau at Drury Hall. What a
charming bride she made! A certain Archie was present
that evening and from that day forth decided that Harriet
should be none but his. He is still striving to win her heart
by singing hymns to her every Sunday.
"A sweet and dignified lassie dances before my vision.
Yes, it is Gladys Hall. Gladys has taken pity on her less
fortunate sisters and, to assist them in the rules of etiquette,
she has invented a square knife with a contrivance by which
peas may be safely and gracefully conducted from the plate
to the mouth.
"Ah! The column which attracts the women — the only
reason for which they buy the Boston Advertiser. You've
guessed it, the Lonely Hearts' Column, edited by Florence
Mack. Florence has had much experience and is fully qual-
ified to answer all questions that bob up.
"What is that I hear, a song? 'Pat McCarty, hale and
hearty.' Pat went in for a number of things. She started
a barber shop, a second-hand clothing establishment, and
finally ended up by inventing a mouse trap, guaranteed to
catch all night prowlers without hurting either the trapper
or the trapped. It is absolutely noiseless.
"Edith McCann has gone in for music. She and Irene
Messier travel together and conduct very successful con-
certs. As a result the two young ladies are now touring
the country in their own Fierce Sparrows.
" 'Soup' for the first course? Oh, no, we're just chatting
about 'Gene' O'Brien. After teaching a few years Gene
decided she was equally talented as an artist. From actual
observation she has produced a painting which is in gTeat
demand by the whole class of '23. The name of it is 'The
Blue Boy.' A short history, written by the author, accom-
panies each copy.
"Was there a Kathleen McCann in your class? She has
developed into a very efficient business woman. Kathleen
is manager of a "guide tour" in Washington. Occasionally
Kat allows her husband to accompany her on heT tours about
the city, to keep him in practice for special parties.
"There is another member of the Class in Washington —
Louise McDonough, who has taken an office position there.
Since Louise's arrival in 'No Man's Land' the name has lost
its significance. A frequent visitor to Miss McDonough's
abode is Ruth Potter. Ruth is a leading politician and
spends quite a bit of her time in the District of Columbia.
All letters to Miss Potter may be addressed to the Winston
Hotel, Washington, D. C.
"A married woman is also in your class. You knew her
as Joe Mooney. Joe lives in Yonkers with her husband and
two children, Henry and Josephine.
"Have you seen the new screen actress? Yes, it is your
own darling 'Marj' Kennedy. Marj has replaced a name-
sake of hers, the famous Madge Kennedy.
"You had in your midst a Salvation Army lass, Jessie
Scott. Jessie has done much for the organization, partly
because of the fact that she looks so charming in her uniform.
"Your best all round girl, Madeline Tracy, was always
the kind who liked her 'Bills' to come promptly the first of
every week and preferred 'Gym' on Wednesdays and Fri-
days. She is now attempting to get bills from Jims. From
door to door she trudges with her little set of books, in-
quiring, 'Have you had one of these?' She has an able as-
sistant in Gladys Wemple, her silent but powerful partner.
"Ruth Wilder never liked cats but, to strengthen her will
and incidentally to put some psychology into practice, Ruth
has established a home for these little creatures.
"Ding, dong, bell! 'Dot' Wheeler heard bells once too
often. The last ones were the wedding bells for Dot is the
happy wife of a lumber merchant. He has a flourishing
trade selling toothpicks.
"It was once believed that Ruth Nesbit would lose her
buttons, but 'Neb' has turned the tables on you. Because
of the diligent way in which she used the early hours of her
Junior year, after waking her businesslike neighbor, Nebby
is now a skilled seamstress.
" 'Jack of all trades and master of all' is Beth Cooke.
Beth has taken up a number of things. While rooming in
No. 13 Beth became interested in bees, and as a result spent
much time teaching bees to call each other, 'Little bunch o'
honey.' Beth also made a success of swimming. Through
her efforts everything from stones to ducks make an aesthetic
appearance in the water. The last thing this 'peppy person'
did was to establish an institution for refugees made home-
less through fires.
"You would never recognize Catherine McCarty. She is
traveling as the fat woman in the circus of which Gert Tyei
is manager. It happens to be the Barnum and Bailey
Circus."
What was that I heard — a bell? Not one, but two, no
three. It was half past six and these were the rising bells
It had all been a dream.
Katherine Drennan
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All my heart seemed bent on slumber
But though in my bed I nestled,
Sleep in vain had sought my eyelids
For I lay there, thinking, thinking,
While my tired brain went weaving
Back and forth and in and outward,
As a spider with her tracing
Spins a web of sheerest gossamer.
So I lay there in the darkness,
Velvet darkness, soft caressing,
Lifted, swayed, and touched my forehead,
Lulled me into rest and quiet,
And I sank into a slumber,
Half a dream and half a vision
Till I saw in haze before me
Days, that in the life of many
Dearest are, those days at Normal.
Rose and silver, opalescent,
Rose and silver, intermingled,
Gladsome days in youth's gay springtime.
So I wandered out through dreamland
Wreathed in gauzy mists of slumber.
And a sighing led me onward
Seeking that of which I knew not;
Onward, through the pale green mosses,
Dripping with the dew of nightfall;
Onward, through the clinging bushes,
Through the beds of purple lilies,
Through the fleur-de-lis and violets,
Till a voice within me murmured,
Whispered low, "Your search is ended."
And I saw a grove about me
Cleared of all the under-bushes.
There, like guards of Fate, were standing,
Tall and stern, like Druid temples,
Swishing pines, that moved and murmured
Till their murmurs grew to whispers,
And their whispers grew to voices,
Till they spoke in proclamation:
"Listen to this tale we tell thee,
Listen to our words of wisdom.
Prophets of thy future are we.
It behooves thee well to listen."
Then the voices fell to silence.
Still I listened there, in waiting,
Held my breath in sobbing silence,
Till a wandering breeze set whispering,
Druid voices, fate portending,
And with startled heart I listened
To the words the night breeze brought me.
"To a certain shop in Paris,
Followers of a new cult wander.
There to see above the doorway,
'Clarke and Coue — No more illness.'
And to hear a voice a-chanting,
'Come and throw away your crutches.
See and walk, you blind and lame ones.
Day by day, you doubters, scornful,
Better and better, grow the faithful.' "
After pausing in the breezes
Again the swishing grew to voices:
"In from Williamstown each morning
Came a girl whom you loved dearly.
'Lil' for short you often called her.
Now she lives in Cincinnati.
Teaches dancing for beginners,
Social dancing, of the latest.
Happy there your Lil is living.
Teaching in the Normal Art School,
Designing raiment as a sideline,
There is Alice Smith, our classmate,
Clever in all lines of working
She at last has found her calling.
And this last you soft must whisper
Only to your close companions,
Alice Smith is really married
In spite of all her protestations
Fast and furious, made at Normal,
The same as in Fate's every card game
Hearts were trumps and Al was winner.
Congratulations to you. Alice!"
Again a zephyr stirred the pine trees
To their customary chatter,
"In the Old Ladies' Home at Pittsfield
Eighty years from now, you'll wander,
There to find Peg Shea, Ann Larkin,
Two old pals in years at Normal,
Now the very instigators
Of a plan for civic welfare.
They have formed an Anti-Flirt Club.
Thus things change, you see. dear classmates."
Now the voices in the branches
Swelled, and grew to great proportions,
Sang and shouted to the breezes:
"Your Beth Dunphy teaches music
In a finishing school for women.
Hearken to the song they're singing.
Hearken," said the breezes rightly.
And I thought my ears deceived me,
For swelling out upon the night wind,
Came that song, Beth's only favorite,
"No," the breezes shouted loudly
And the air called back in triumph,
"We have some bananas today."
Then a voice as though exhausted,
Said in tones soft and pellucid,
"Out upon the fragrant prairie,
Where a rancher lives in comfort,
You will find a classmate living.
Medbury, is her name no longer
But her life long wish is granted
For now she looks at Starrs forever."
Now all voices joined in chorus
As though refreshed at Mabel's story;
"In a double house are living
In a city, fair and beauteous,
Classmates two, and living peacefully.
One has one side, one the other;
One has one child, one the other;
Olive lies and Rut hie Reynolds,
Life long pals and boon companions."
And the voices fast continued:
"In that city, fair and beauteous,
Happily, lives another couple:
Helen O'Neill and our Blanche Olsted,
Partners in their life's vocation,
Directors in a fine gymnasium."
And the night wind gently touched me,
To my very skin seemed soothing.
And no wonder, for the statement
Made by all the breezes solved it.
"Principal of a school in Pittsfield,
Reputation, wins Kay Drennan,
And a little side experiment
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Makes her even more so famous —
"Ask your favorite druggist for it,
'Kay's Complexion Cream'; he'll have it."
And I remembered how we always
Used to wish we knew your secret
In those days at Normal, Kay dear.
Again the night wind swelled with music
And the breezes spoke together —
"Kay McMahon, a great composer,
Wrote thi6 song and many others.
Music supervisor is she,
In that place called New York City.
Quite a future, Kay McMahon!"
Then the music faded softly
Into one grand acclamation,
As for some great person shouting;
And I listened to the voices:
"Bessie Hurley, the class darling,
Is a senator at Congress,
Favorite speaker of both Houses,
Honors the name of Massachusetts!
Hail to Bessie, our class darling!"
All at once a deadly silence
Fell upon the night winds' sighing.
Would they speak no more that evening?
Maybe not; but, yes, a voice stirred,
Whispered, rustled into speaking:
"See this picture here before you, —
Tall and stately, on a hilltop
Stands a mansion, 'Sheerin's Boys' School,'
And the matron, Alice Sheerin,
Is a woman well worth knowing.
Now her one strong regulation
Makes us think of days at Normal:
'Any negroes herein entering, —
And the same applies to Chinese —
Are required to bleach complexions.
This, per order of the Matron.
Reason: — Recall that trip to Washington.' "
Then the breezes laughing softly
Kissed my brow and swept to northward,
Leaving this among the branches:
"In from Williamstown with Lillian
Every morning came Peg Dunfrey.
Now our Peg has wandered southward,
Wandered into New York City.
There to start a shop for women.
Fashion worships at her footstool.
At her word, turn whims of fancy.
Queen of beauty, found in Paris."
Then the breezes blew on calmly,
Steadily spoke the Druid voices:
"If you'd ever chance to wander
Back some day to N. A. Normul,
There to find a matron living,
Know her for your Marion Woodard.
Know you that she was House President
In the year '23 at Normal,
And so well she did her duty
That she now presides as Matron."
Then the breezes started dancing
As a violin bow dances
Till they spoke in measures lilting:
"Married to a splendid fellow,
Happy now is Pauline Johnson.
But because she still loves dancing,
She composes dances now-a-days,
And is joyful in her fancy."
So the dancing breeze continued
Softly, to the words that followed:
"Dancing feet trip ever lightly
In Miss Edwards's lisle stockings."
So you have a patent, Bunnie,
Queer it is that they are lisle.
Then the breezes, soft and crooning,
Sang a lullaby of dove notes,
"Sweet and low," the breezes whispered,
"Sweet and low," the echoes murmured.
And so the lullaby continued
And they said: "Look at this picture,
In a cunning little love-nest,
Sits your Carrie Finck a-rocking,
While dimpled hands rub curly top-knot
And a voice says, 'Sleepy Muvver.' "
Oh, those breezes, how they scampered
"Coming Through the Rye," they shouted,
While the Druid voices murmured:
"Margaret Lowriet your own classmate,
Now at length a book has written,
And the title is 'Scotch Folk-Tales.' V
Happy then the zephyrs shouted
Till I heard a girl's voice singing
"Top o' the Mornin' " sang she blithely,
And I thought of Bessie Barber.
Then the breezes spoke in union:
"Prima donna now is Bessie,
Singer at the courts of Europe."
All the little breezes brought me
Scents of flowers in their bosoms,
And the voices still relating
Said in accents mild and mellow:
"Grace Bunnell is in a city, ,
Owner of hair dressing parlors,
Dressing hair and selling flowers,
So her life-long wish is granted."
Then the winds blew through the tree tops,
And the clicking of the branches
Sounded like a busy office.
All the breezes whispered gently:
"Genevieve Coffey now is working
In an office where she's manager.
Famous now is your 'Gen' Coffey."
Then the idle zephyrs brought me
The sweet clean smell of new-turned furrows,
And the voices of the Druids
Spoke in accents faint and distant:
"Gertrude Mazanec now is partner
Of Luther Burbank, far renowned.
Now she's famous and successful —
Honors Class of Twenty-Three now.
Gertrude Boyle is now in business,
Keeps a boarding house in Boston.
0. Henry is her favorite author."
Then, in fading, dying music,
The mystic breezes ceased to murmur.
And in fading, left behind them
Incense of a Druid temple.
Then a small, far voice spoke gently
"Further search is futile, mortal
Stay not here, for all is ended.
Depart, frail one, and come back never."
So I rose and started homeward.
Homeward, through the purple mid-night
While the sky above me glistened,
Shone with souls of by-gone lovers,
Stars of heaven, looking downward.
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But so musing, I grew careless
And I steppod into a morass.
All its long gray arms clung to me,
Sucked me down in smothering terror.
Then I tho't of other comrades.
Why had I not learned their future,
Till I, sinking faster, faster,
Into Death's dark hall below me,
Gave a mighty leap and landed
Right upon my chamber carpet,
Gazing upward at the ceiling
Thinking tho'ts profound and serious,
I decided that no mortal
Ought to eat mince pie for supper.
Then I rose with joints a-tremble,
Looked from out my chamber window
And saw the first shell pink of sunrise.
Flushing rose, the hills of morning,
While the whole world, bathed in beauty
Seemed a promise for the future.
So, classmates, in our morning,
When life's sun is just at rising
E'er its beams are fading westward,
Live a noble life and worthy,
Be a soul who fears not sorrow,
Steady, staunch and true, dear classma'es!
Elizabeth Cooke, '23
dines WT1UI
VY/E, Ruth Irene Clarke and Edna Irene Messier, being
of uncertain health, unsound minds, and disjointed
memories, do solemnly write and declare this will in behalf
of the Class of 1923:
To Mr. Smith: The experiences of the Class of '23 to tell to
future psychology classes.
To Mr. Carpenter: Teachers like the Class of '23 to fill out
his vacant positions next year.
To Mr. Cummings: A guide book to lead him around safely
when he travels. He knows the reason why.
To Mr. Eldridge: Our sincere thanks for the help and good
suggestions he gave for the benefit of our class.
To Mr. Venable: All success in garden plots in the years to
come.
To Miss Baright: The suggestions and ideas gained from our
class to carry on socialized recitations.
To Miss Pearson: Our class gives her its prompt attendance
to recitations.
To Miss Lamphier: All the nice men we meet we shall send
to her summer school.
To Miss Skeele: The promise to carry on her line of work in
our own schools.
To Miss Bishop: More girls to take her kindergarten course
next year.
To Miss Sholes: Our respect and admiration for her as the
first female autoist in our school.
To Miss Perry: A set of rules, so that she may know what
she can do at the dormitory.
To Miss Feeley: Good luck and the remembrance of her
experiences with us in psychology class to help her in her
position next year.
To Miss Allyn: All the good times and happy experiences
that we have had during our two years' stay.
To Miss Ferguson: A little spare time in which to enjoy
herself.
To Miss Sears: Our good wishes for her in her new position.
To Mrs. Van Etten: A better behaved class than '23 or
she will certainly have to go to California.
To Mary Neal: Rita Agan's cheery smile.
To Pearl Anderson: Bessie Barber's initiative.
To Frances Hayes and Mary Anton: Some of Gert Boyle's
assurance.
To Edwyna Barber: Grace Bunnell's giggle.
To Evelyn Phelps: Some of Ruth Clarke's imagination and
success as editor-in-chief of The Axis to help her during
the coming year.
To Mary Meagher: Peg Dadson's "playfulness."
To Helen Reichard: Genevieve Coffey's devotion for one
man.
To Mabelle Clarke: "Cel" Davine's bashfulness.
To Marion O'Malley: Beth Cooke gives her wit to make her
remarks clever.
To Milicent Salmon: Kay Drennan's ability to see humor
in everything.
To Grace Hathaway: Elizabeth Dunphy's breezy airs.
To Marion Briggs: Lilian Douglas gives her love of dancing.
To Ruth Young: "Peg" Dunfrey's chattering ability.
To Relenza Manchester, Florence Wagnet, Margaret
Pederson: Gladys Wemple's quiet unassuming ways.
To Dorothy Warfield: Nellie Slein's spice of life.
To Evelyn Bullen: A little of Bernice Edwards's ability to
flatter people.
To Harriet Yates, Mildred Tower and Mabel Walker: Ruth
Reynolds's love of the opposite sex.
To Marguerite Gobeille and Emma Vilmont: Louise
McDonough's demureness and natural charm.
To Doris Sime, Dorothy Sime, Gertrude Welch, Arlene
Robbins, and Edith Sunden: "Marg" Kennedy's bids to
Williamstown dances.
To Dorothy O'Brien: Anna Larkin's love of auto rides, es-
pecially if the car is red.
To Etta Guillotte: Gertrude Mazanec's artistic skill. With
this bit added to yours, we feel sure that you will some
day be an artist.
To Marion Spaulding: Margaret Lowrie's good sense.
To Beatrice Alber: Ruth Potter's quiet temperament to
keep her serene next year when she is House-President.
To Mary Smith and Grace Whipple: Edith McCann's
story-telling ability. We don't mean this the way it
sounds, but in the literary line.
To Agnes O'Keefe: Florence Mack's athletic interests.
To Katherine Kimball: Gertrude Tyer's square dealings as
President of the Class next year.
To Hazel Tiedeman: The lively, entertaining ways of Alice
Sheerin.
To Helen Wheeler: "Peg" Shea's dimples to complete her
beauty.
To Rena Mills and Julia Curtin: Blanche Oldsted's ath-
letic activities.
To Edna Carpenter: Gene O'Brien's bashfulness.
To Grace Williams and Doris Leland : Helen McCarty leaves
her disjointed knee. We feel that "Pat" should get a
little relief.
To Helen Walsh: Madeline Tracy's skill in putting on
vaudeville sketches at the dormitory.
To Edith Lindquist: Alice Smith's friendliness with every-
body.
To Mabel Walker: Joe Mooney's interests at Williams.
To Mildred Brown: Ruth Wilder's argumentativeness to
help her in future debates.
To Ruth Kershaw: A bit of Harriet Hawks's sweet manners
to brighten her prospects at Drury.
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To Edna Blair and Mildred Daly: Ruth Nesbit's fear of
fast auto driving. Then there can be no deaths in our
class.
To Constance Lovell, Anne Dahowski, and Esther Temple:
Karolyn Finck's contagious smile.
To Lucy Bump: Dorothy Wheeler's conscientiousness.
To Frances Ferguson: Jessie Scott's flexible eye actions to
develop her progress in attracting the male sex.
To Florence Wood: Katherir.e McMahon's ability to play
jazz music. With this added to yours, we shall soon se«
you in vaudeville.
To Jean Martin: A bit of Kathleen MeCann's petiteress to
use in basketball games.
To Florence Brodeur and Margaret Ryan: Edith Fobes's
responsibility in attending school.
To Julia Davin: Olive Isles's soothing voice.
To Eunice Allyn: "Lou" Spencer's ability to catch a man,
although "Eunie" doesn't want this accomplishment a
bit.
To Constance Phordt: Mabel Medbury's love of home. We
hope, though, that you can break away better than has
Mabel.
To Grace Ansboro: Bessie Hurley's reasoning powers. We
hope this will prevent her from throwing ink over herself
every day.
To Viola La Pierre and Greta Ohlson: A bit of Catherine
McCarty's superb neatness.
To Margaret Haggerty: Helen O'Neill's "pep", and Irer.e
Messier's expressive, wide-awake ejes.
To Marguerite Brown: Marion Woodard's calmness in
dealing with important matters.
To Mary Grogan: Pauline Johnson's approaching happiness.
To Margaret Broderick: Gladys Hall gives her quiet dignity.
In this way only can third floor become subdued.
To Tin Can Alley: The botanical dump, in order that your
tribe may be everlasting.
As our minds are growing fainter, and our hands are
getting weaker, we do place our signatures and set this seal.
Ruth Inne Clarke
Edna Irene Messier
Witnesses:
You.
presentation of Class (Sift
AS we, the class of '23, are about to assume the respon-
sibility of a life of greater service to America, we pause
to consider and review our happy experiences within lie
walls of "Old Normal."
As a small token of the apprecialicn of what cur Alrra
Mater and its Faculty have done for us during our course
here, we want to leave them a slight but sincere remembrance.
And so, in behalf of the class of 1923, I wish to present to
you, Mr. Smith, as a gift to the school, the "World Book."
Lilian Dounlas '23
Class Statistics
Rita Agan Best friend
Bessie Bareer Most willing
Gertruee Boyle Most determined
Grace Bunnell Prettiest hair
Ruth Cla rke Most ambitious
Genevieve Coffey Most studious
Elizaeeth Cooke Wittiest
Margaret Dadson Most serious
Celestine Davine Meekest
Katherine Drennan Prettiest
M a rga ret Dunfrey Classiest
Elizaeeth Dunfhy Class scream
Bernice Edwards Most temperamental
Carolyn Finck Frankest
Gladys Hall Most dignified
Harriet Hawks Most winsome
Bessie Hurley Class darling
Oli\ e Iles Calmest
Pauline Johnson Cleverest
Marjory Kennedy Class flirt
Anna Larkin Jolliest
Margaret Lgwrie Most conscientious
Edith McCann Cutest
Kathleen McCann Tiniest
Helen McCarty Most carefree
Catherine McCarty Most sympathetic
Louise McDonough Most lovable
Katherine McMahon Best hearted
Florence Mack Most argumentative
Rose Malone Best "Gardener"
Gerirute Mazanec Most industrious
Maeel Medi i ry Most home loving
Irene Messier Most ladylike
Josephine Mooney Neatest
Ruth Neseit Best disposition
Geneva O'Brien Class baby
Helen O'Neill Most popular
Greta Olhson Most sensible
Blanche Olsted Best athlete
Ruth Potter Quie'est
Ruth Reynolds Most musical
Jessie Scott Daintiest
Margaret Shea Best dancer
Alice Sheerin Most lively
Nellie Slein Most entertaining
Alice Smith Most attractive
Louise Spencer Most literal
Madeline Tracy Best all around girl
G ertrude Tver Squarest
Gladys Wemple Most unassuming
Dorothy Wheeier Best complected
Ri th Wl! der Most scholarly
Marion Woodard Most loyal
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<&\tt Club Concert
T"HE annual concert of the Normal Glee Club, one of the
important events of the school year, was held in Drury
Auditorium, Friday evening, May eighteenth.
The chorus of 40 girls dressed in white skirts, and middies,
with black ties, was an impressive picture, as they took their
places on the stage. Lending color to the scene, were the
dancers' gowns of various shades, of organdie with garlands
to match.
The main feature of the evening was the ballet music from
Faust entitled "May, the Maiden." Out of seven choruses
of the ballet music, five of them were accompanied with
dancing. Miss Pauline Johnson, originator of the move-
ments, did the solo parts, and Miss Elizabeth Cooke ap-
peared with her in some of the numbers. Others partici-
pating in the dances were Mildred Brown, Julia Curtin,
Frances Ferguson, Etta Guillotte, Marjorie Kennedy, Edith
McCann, Jessie Scott, Kathleen McCann, Edith Sunden,
and Margaret Shea. The solos in "May, the, Maiden"
were sung by Katherine Kimball, Bessie Barber and Flor-
ence Wood. Two other selections, which were especially
fine, were given by 12 members of the Glee Club.
Assisting in the program was Mrs. Blanche Robinson,
reader, who was very much appreciated, while the fine work
of Emil Calvacca, violinist, was unusually recognized to be
a great addition to the enjoyment of the evening's program.
The Glee Club is to be congratulated upon the character
of its work, which showed marked excellence in harmony,
shading, and interpretation.
As a whole, the concert was one of the most enjoyable
musical events which North Adams has heard during the
season.
To Miss Evelyn C. Perry, the director of the club, is
given the credit for her energy, and ar.istic skill in making
this concert such an unquestioned success. At the close of
the concert, on behalf of the Glee Club girls, Helen O'Neil
presented Miss Perry with a basket of roses, as a token of
their thanks and appreciation for her untiring effort and
enthusiasm.
Margaret Lowrie '23
Cije IBevkehixz banquet
/^\ne of the interesting occasions of the year was the Berk-
shire Dinner given November twenty-third by the Senior
Class. While it was studying Berkshire County in Geog-
raphy Class, and its food products were under consideration,
Mr. Eldridge described a similar project of which he had
heard, and thus suggested the idea of our banquet.
Bessie Barber was chosen Chairman of the whole com-
mittee for the management of the affair, with Pauline
Johnson, Genevieve Coffey, Gertrude Tyer and Peg Shea,
as her assistants. Other committees were also chosen. On
the entertainment committee were Kay Drennan, chairman,
Beth Hurley, Joe Mooney, Bernie Edwards, Helen O'Neil,
Ruth Clarke, Ruth Reynolds, Olive lies, Rita Agan,
Gertrude Mazenac and Florence Mack. On the decorating
committee, were Gertrude Mazenac, chairman, Alice Smith,
Gladys Hall, Helen McCarty, Jessie Scott, Josephine
Mooney, and Peg Dadson. Each girl in the class had some
part in the project.
The faculty were of much assistance. Miss Sholes
helped the girls to cook and serve the food. Miss Baright
kept before us the necessity of good literature for all occa-
sions, Miss Pearson suggested ideas for place-cards and
decorations and Mr. Eldridge created a desire for the ban-
quet and assisted whenever he thought we needed him.
The banquet, was served in the Kindergarten Room
which was prettily decorated with the school colors. Each
of the fifty Seniors and all of the members of the Normal
Faculty were present. Every article of food served was a
product of Berkshire County except the salt and baking
powder.
Menu was as follows:
Tomato Bisque
(Tomatoes and Milk from North Adams>
Crackers
(North Adams i
Roast Chickev-- Stuffed
(Mt. Hope Farm, Williamstown)
Potatoes — Mashed
(Gt. Barringtoni
Turnip— Mashed
(Florida Mt.i
Onions— Boiled
(Clarksburgi
Whole Wheat Muffins
(Wheat from Alford, ground in Williamstown"!
Apple Salad
(Apples and nuts, Cheshire — Cream, North Adams'
Steamed Apfle Pudding and Ice Cream
(Whole wheat, Alford — Ice Cream, North Adams^
Ginger Ai.e
(Williamstown';
Toasts, songs, cheers, and many sayings of wit and wisdom
from Mr. Smith and other members of the faculty, added to
the enjoyment of the evening.
Senior 1Rote0
VY/hat has the class of '23 been doing since last it was
heard of in The Axis? You may be sure it has not been
idle. No, it is never without something to do — the faculty
sees to that.
In the last account of the class, it was said that we were
developing our dramatic ability to quite a degree. We have
not stopped. At the beginning of the second semester,
Miss Baright thought we needed practice so she proceeded
to give us ample opportunity to rise to the highest round on
the Ladder of Acting. Even so, we haven't reached there
yet, but the day we went home for our spring vacation Miss
Baright read to us the play which was to be given about the
middle of April by the most dramatic members of the class.
That meant work on the part of the girls directly after va-
cation. And how they did strive to make this play one of
the best, if not the best ever given by the N. A. N. S. Girls'
They succeeded as any member of the audience who attended
can prove. The date was set for April eighteenth, but be-
cause of the sad death of Mrs. Couch, our teacher and
ffiend, it was changed to a week later. The name of the
play was "A Twig of Thorn," a sweet little story of Irish
life at the time of the great famine in Ireland. Every one
of the girls was suited to her part and they all deserve great
praise for the piece of work they put on. To Miss Baright
goes the real honor for the success of the play, for it is hard
to imagine what it would have been without her patient
hard work and interest.
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Not much in the line of school work could be expected
from the Seniors between the night of the play till the end
of the week. Why? Were we not expecting to start on
our long planned and hard earned trip to Washington? It
would be an everlasting task to try to tell here of the won-
derful time that was enjoyed by all who went. Suffice it to
say that we did have a never-to-be-forgotten time. We
tried to do justice to our chaperons, Miss McCormack and
Mf. Cummings, and from their reports it is taken for grant-
ed that we did. Miss Baright, owing to her health, was un-
able to accompany us, but she was with us in our thoughts
every minute.
The Senior class has become interested in debating this
year, and has given two debates before the faculty and stu-
dent body. One was an inter-class affair, the subject of
which was, "Resolved, that France is justified in occupying
the Ruhr Valley and in controlling the industrial resources
of that par't of Germany." The affirmative side, Ruth
Clarke, Pauline Johnson and Florence Mack, won against
Elizabeth Cooke, Katherine McMahon and Louise
McDonough. The second one was a challenge from the
Juniors, the subject being, "Resolved, that all Japanese
immigrants should be prohibited from this country in the
future." The affirmative side was put forth by the Juni-
ors. Marguerite Brown, Mildred Brown and Etta Guillotte,
and a forceful team it was! It had to be, for it beat its
opponents from the Senior class, Ruth Clarke, Pauline
Johnson and Florence Mack. Next year's Juniors will have to
make a very exceptional class to put anything over on the
Seniors. We have found out what our Juniors are made of.
The first division of Seniors is working its hardest to live
up to the excellent reputation made by the second division
in its teaching. Our teaching is nearly over and when-these
next three weeks have passed we will be alumnae instead of
members of N. A. N. S.
Oh yes! The next to the last Senior dance was almost
forgotten. It must not be, for it was one of the most en-
joyable dances during our two years here and will probably
be remembered as such. We are now looking forward to
the Senior Promenade, the biggest event of all.
The next time we are heard of will be the last time, as a
class. Even though it be the last time let us hope we will
be remembered as having been a small credit at least to
the school.
Gladys M. Hall '23
Htbletics
\Y/hy were Tuesdays and Thursdays during the Junior year
*" and Mondays and Wednesdays when we had risen to
the rank of Seniors looked forward to with so much pleas-
ure? Why, those were the days we had "gym." Enough
said! What good times we had those first few weeks of
school in 1921 ! What walks and games played on the lawns
of Taconic Hall! Miss Skeele surely did have patience and
perseverance when she tried to teach us tennis. Perhaps
she didn't know what she was tackling, but she courageously
held out until some of the girls learned the game. Notwith-
standing these good times, we longed for the day when our
instructor would put on the bulletin board a notice to the
effect that "Juniors will meet in the gymnasium. 'Gym,'
dress required." That day finally came, but still wc weren't
satisfied. "Why can't we use the ladders and bars?" In
due season we did even that, but the fun we had at the time
didn't carry over the following two or three days when we
found that we couldn't stir unless our stiffened muscles
fairly creaked. We survived, however, and soon we found
that we could do most anything without becoming lame
at all.
Of course all this time our basketball practice had been
proceeding. It wasn't long before Miss Skeele suggested
that we challenge the Seniors to a game of stationary. We
did! We were beaten!! They won!!!
At intervals during and especially toward the end of the
year, we were shown queer looking tables like this: "2 A Ex.
Up" etc. After a while we learned to interpret even these
fairly well, for we knew we'd see more of them when we be-
came Seniors.
The crowning event of the year was Field Day when Ju-
nior I competed with Junior II and furnished a grand good
time for all.
When we returned as Seniors, and learned what it meant
to really work, we still looked forward to "gym" day. We
carried on about the same kind of work as the past year with
the addition of teaching experiences both at Mark Hopkins
and with our own girls.
The Junior-Senior games began earlier and were more nu-
merous than the year before. We challenged the Juniors
and barely carried away the honors of our first game of
basketball.
We have Miss Skeele to thank for our success in the line
of athletics and we still have to show her of what material
we are made when we enter our own schools next fall. Let
us hope that when she ever has a chance t6 visit us, she will
have no reason to go away disappointed.
Gladys M. Hall
leicbanges
Since the last issue of The Axis the following exchanges
have been received:
The Taconic, Williamstown, Mass.
Alpha, New Bedford, Mass.
Pocumtuck, Deerfield, Mass.
Orange Peate, Orange, Mass.
Netop, Turners Falls, Mass.
Unquity Echo, Milton, Mass.
Drury Acad?me, North Adams, Mass.
"We like the editorial entitled 'The Power of a Smile"
in the October Axis. It is a worth while idea to publish
poems, etc., by well known authors which have especial
bearing upon the month in which the magazine is issued."
— "Taconic"
To the Alpha: Your paper contains some very good
short stories.
To the Pocumtuck: The cuts are very good, also a well
arranged Literary Department.
To Orange Peals: Your paper is quite complete. The
cartoons are especially interesting.
To Netop: This is a splendid little paper. It contains
some very good short stories.
To Unquity Echo: We welcome your booklet. It is a
pleasure to add it to nurlict
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MISS BARICHT AFTKR THK PLAY
€bc Senior play
"Tin dramatic inttlitict is well high universal"
C. I), t until/.
W hat an excited group the Senior class was when the name
of our class play was given out! It took much thought to
pick one suitable for our class, but finally "The Twig of
Thorn." an Irish fairy play, was decided upon.
The play could not he produced without the services of
many capable actresses. Of course these were not difficult
to find with such a large number of talented Seniors.
Soon the work of rehearsing began in the reception room
of the "dorm." Oh! What times we had! It seemed that
the girls would never know their parts, and that the Irish
dancers would never be able to keep their feet from being
mixed up with those of their neighbor. However, Miss
Baright encouraged them by saying that peasant folic were
not supposed to be experts. Whereat the girls went to work
with a will and after a while they could sing and dance
"The Fiddler of Kerry" to perfection.
So rehearsal after rehearsal came and went for several
weeks. The words came to stay. The dances and songs
grew familiar and the girls had even learned their cues,
when we were told that the real stage was being prepared.
Then arrived the work of furnishing and decorating the
stage which was accomplished by borrowing numerous
things here, there and everywhere, until, before we knew it,
we had a typical Irish kitchen arranged.
When we had had a few nights of practice on the stage,
and had learned how to fill the larger space and to shut the
doors after us, our dress rehearsal came. This was the first
time the members of the cast had tried on their costumes
and they, of course, presented a funny sight, but it didn't
take long to get used to each other in the "strange togs."
The rehearsal went off fairly well so that all felt quite satis-
fled, as they still had the matinee for another practice.
The next afternoon the play was given for the sch'ool chil-
dren of the city. They seemed very much pleased with it,
so this encouraged the girls. Everything went off well, ex-
cept that the girls had failed to provide for refreshments to
be served to the wedding guests. However, the guests re-
fused to be cheated out of their treat, so before they went
on the stage, each one slipped a cookie up her sleeve.
Oonah passed what she thought was an empty plate, but
what was her surprise to see a cookie appear on it. She
remained calm however, and saved the day. You may be
sure the refreshments were not forgotten in the evening.
At last Wednesday night, the time for the real perform-
ance, came. Such hurrying, and skurrying about you never
saw. Getting into a costume and having everything just
right is really a troublesome bit of work, as we learned to our
sorrow. Then the make up! This, however, was made
easy by the aid of one of our very efficient and most obliging
Juniors, Etta Guillotte.
Finally everyone was ready and the play began. "Oh,
if I can only remember my part!" "What do I say first?"
"Don't forget that cue." Such were the bits of conversa-
tion heard here and there behind the scenes.
Miss Baright had told us that no one in any of her plays
had ever been prompted, and the Normal expected every
actress to do her duty, so we determined that this precedent
should not be broken by us. Needless to say, each one did
her part nobly and the play went off famously. As usual,
everybody said, "it was the best ever."
One of the pleasing features of our unusual play was the
singing, behind the scenes, by some of the Seniors during
Aileel's farewell to Oonah. Thus ended the successful play
of the class of 1923.
K. McMahon '23
iEtterarg
After walking across the never-ending waiting
Union Station we "sardined" into busses which car S? **
to the Winston Hotel. Here we were given the kev
rooms. Then came numerous adventures before r r
Tied M
Cbe Zvw to Wlaebington
A MBITION is our name. As Juniors we decided that
^^ we'd go to Washington for a class trip, and from that
time on we worked industriously, raising money.
Our plans were fulfilled when we started for the city of
Washington with Miss McCormack and Mr. Cummings a?
chaperons. The entire trip was under the super-
vision of Mr. A. B. Palmer of Amherst, Mass.
On the morning of May fourth, after a most bounteous
breakfast prepared for us by Mrs. Van Ftten and Miss
Sears at an early hour, we left North Adams on the 5.55
train for Pittsfield. It was raining a little as we started, but
what did we care about such a little matter, for we each had
a banana.
More of our crew joined us at Pittsfield where we changed
trains for New York. As we passed through the next towns
more of our girls claimed us until we reached Great Barring-
ton, where our last vagrant was welcomed. We now
settled down, knowing that there would be a long ride before
us. Our worthy chaperons were quite on their duty. It
seemed that they were everywhere at once. They had
brought along several packs of playing cards which furnished
many with a good time.
Upon leading Massachusetts we entered Connecticut.
Here we observed some change in the country which was
getting (latter and the Berkshire hills were disappearing.
"Ham s*andwiches! Ham sandwiches!" This was the
greeting we received at Brookfield Junction. And if you
could have seen the mob around that man, you could imagine
the reception that he got. As we left Connecticut we noted
the brown soil and rusty rivers.
What a sensation came over us as we entered New York
City. The crowded sections, childr en playing on the streets,
and people and clothes hanging out the windows, all showed
us the local color. Weren't we glad that we didn't live in
such an environment!
"Keep together, girls, keep together!" were the words of
warning given by Mr. Cummings before leaving the train.
On our arrival at Grand Central Station, we were met by
a skyscraper guide, who was two or three inches taller than
the tallest man you ever saw. He conducted us to two large
busses which took us to Hotel Holly. My! but weren't we
hungry? As there was not a second for prinking, we were
hustled in to lunch, then back to the busses which took us
to Pennsylvania Station.
"Palmer Party! Palmer Party! This way please."
These were the words that spurred us on to our special car,
which we boarded and waited patiently for Mr. Cummings.
But alas! We thought him lost. Finally he arrived, ex-
plaining he had been rounding up the girls and their baggage.
As we passed through the next states we noticed some
change in foliage. But perhaps the most noticeable feature
of New Jersey was the red soil, of Delaware, the river over
which Washington crossed, of Pennsylvania, Fairmont Park.
Baltimore, Maryland, was beyond compare. It was dark
and raining, so we couldn't see the city, but it was here that
we had an exquisite dinner on the dining-car, after bump-
ing through three or four cars to reach it.
Nearer and nearer we sped to Washington, where we ar-
rived at 8.15 p. m. amid a fierce thunder and lightning
shower. No one realized we would take the city by storm.
Sunday morning we awoke bright and early. Se ^ ''^*"
the girls went for a walk before breakfast. As the for* **
was free to do as we pleased, some went to church- ^**
toured the city, or visited the gift shops, and a few of****
girls went to the monastery. ^*
After lunch we went to the Botanical Gardens to ha •
pictures taken. If anyone had been on a sightseeing
'twould have been well worth while to have stopped at tk'*
spot at this particular time. *
From thence we boarded the trolley car stopping a* k~
Corcoran Art Gallery, a beautiful building of white marM
The atrium contains works of sculpture, marbles ' a
bronzes. Thirtv fluted columns of white marl J.. *•..
• ■»•»• fit Mipi*>rt
the immense skylight. The walls of the second-story a t
rium are hung with paintings. It was impossible r. D _J
long enough at the marvelous masterpieces, as our time w
limited. We all thought of our lessons with Miss Pear-
on Art Appreciation, which gave us a deeper feeling for thes*
works of art.
Next we took a Blue Line Buss Tour over the city
Everything was included, the legation buildings, homes f
noted men, and various monuments. Continuing on our
trip to Arlington National Cemetery in \"i r^iniu, we first
visited the Custis-Lee Mansion or Arlington House, built
in 1802, which was one time the home of George Washington
Parke Custis, and later of Robert E. Lee. South of the
House is the Temple of Fame. Nearby rises the Monument
to the Unknown Dead of the Civil War. A tall granite
monument commemorates those who died in the Spanish
and Philippine wars. Also, there is the anchor and mast of
the Maine in memory of those who perished in Havana
Harbor. Near this is the new marble amphitheater, in
memory of the heroic dead. This can accommodate thous-
ands of people. From here we went to the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier, where we stood for a few moments in rever-
ent silence.
On our return we passed by the Washington Monument
and the Lincoln Memorial. We also saw a few of the
Japanese cherry- trees which were in bloom about the Tidal
Basin. At 6.00 p. m., tired but happy, wc sat down to din-
ner eagerly anticipating our trip to the Congressional Li-
brary in the evening.
Dorothy L. Wheeler
Sunday Night and Monday
Sunday evening after dinner the "Palmer Party" visited
the Library of Congress. We had the pleasure of seeing this
building, a sparkling, marble structure with its gilded dome,
at night when it is especially beautiful. It is situated di-
rectly in front of the Capitol with which it is connected by a
subway for the use of the Senators. After walking up step i
and steps and more steps, we entered the library. What we
saw certainly made us agree with the criticism of the build-
ing, namely, that it is the most beautiful in America, and
second to only a few in Europe. There were many wonder-
ful things to be seen in the library, but I will tell you of only
a few. The ceilings and especially the arches of the "Hall
of Columns" were covered with many mural paintings.
"Ganymede" and "Comus," the originals of the prints in
Miss Baright's classroom, were easily recognized. One
room was filled with an old series of geography maps rang-
ing from those which show how the ancient peoples believed
the world to be constructed, to the present time maps.
Another room contained every newspaper printed in th*
United States. These papers are for the use of the Congress-
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In the halls of the library we saw cases of curious
rticles especially those of India relics. Another case con-
ta'ned the smallest volume and the smallest pack of cards
ever made.
Lastly we were told that, if we were very quiet, we might
look down on the "real library'' of the building. Thereupon
we climbed up some more stairs, and went, out on the bal-
cony to peer down into the rotunda of the library. The
librarian's desk is directly in the center with many small cir-
cular study tables about it. From this room many aisles
led out to the bookshelves. Although it was Sunday night,
a large number of people were studying diligently and tak-
ing copious notes. One man came from the bookroom with
an armful of about twenty volumes. There were other
wonderful things in this library, but as you will go there
vourself in a few years, I won't bother you with more details.
We went back to the hotel more tired than before.and
that night we actually slept.
Monday
Monday morning was distinctly an honor day for that
was the day we were to meet the President.
After we had convinced our waiter that we really did pre-
fer scrambled eggs to calves' brains, we started for the special
cars which were to take us to the Washington Monument.
"Special Car for Palmer Party! Hurry Up!" shouted
Mr. Palmer. Soon we were all in. Oh no! There came
Mr. Cummings after having rounded up Grace Bunnell,
Olive Isles and Ruth Reynolds. At last we started.
The Washington Monument, Capitol and Lincoln Memo-
rial are situated in a straight line with each other. A beau-
tiful reflecting lagoon separates the Washington Monument
from the Lincoln Memorial and that morning as the wind
blew across it, small white foamed waves splashed the sides.
"Line up around the monument!" cried Mr. Palmer, and
we did, until we stretched around three sides of the shaft,
about fifty people to a side.
The Washington Monument is built of Maryland and
Vermont marble and distinctly shows where the two colors
meet.
Right here, I want to say something. If you ever think
the wind blows hard in North Adams, just take a trip to the
Washington Monument. Very few of the party were of
the hatpin age, so hats began to go in all directions, especi-
ally blue ones and those of many flowers. While we were
chasing hats we were entertained by a dancing exhibition.
Mr. Palmer danced until his breath gave out and Mr. Cum-
mings finished the dance. By the way, if you need a part-
ner for the next dance I especially recommend Mr.
Cummings.
Finally our turn came to go up, and at last we artived at
the top The view from all points of the tower proved to
us that Washington was almost perfectly laid out, and that
the beautiful Potomac with Arlington in the distance were
big assets of the city.
From the monument we visited the "Bureau of Printing
and Engraving." Here we were met by a guide, an elderly
aristocrat with a velvet banded neck fl'm sure she must be
an exiled empress).
'Step lively, please! At the right you will see girls count-
ing newly printed money. They count one thousand
dollars at a time."
We especially noted that colored and white girls worked
* by side. In this building we saw the printing of the
*o cent stamps, their perforation and the applying of the
e - The final steps of money making we were not able to
** as they are not open to the public.
«om the "Bureau of Printing and Engraving" we went
on over to the Pan-American Building which impressed a
great many of us moie than any other. It represents twenty
Latin-American republics and is for their use in establishing
friendship and commerce.
The structure is simple and impressive. The entrance
opens into a spacious patio, in the center of which is a brown
marble fountain bubbling all the while. This patio is an
exact replica of a South American patio with its fountain,
palms and yellow and red parrots. The second floor of the
building consists of a "Hall of Standards," where the twenty
flags of the union are unfurled, and the "Hall of the
Americas," a large assembly hall with many glass chande-
liers and gilt chairs. The guide took great pains to tell us
that the hall was as yet incomplete, as the plans called for
mural paintings on the walls.
In the rear of the building is a typ'cal garden called the
Aztec garden as it contains a large idol. After finishing this
we went back to our hotel more satisfied with our morning.
Our lunch Monday noon was hardly noticed, for this was
the afternoon we were going to meet the President. We
hurried about and were soon at the "White House.' Mr.
Talbert, Congressman Treadway's secretary, met us and
made us feel at home while we waited for many High Schools
to go ahead of us. At last we were moving. My goodness!
He didn't look a bit different than we had expected, except,
perhaps, a bit older than his pictures. He gave each one of
us a smile and a friendly handclasp. We had met the
"Presidsnt of the United States," the climax of our Washing-
ton trip.
It seemed as if our day had been filled, but, oh! not yet.
Before our day was ended we visited three museums. The
New National Museum, the Old Museum and the Smith-
sonian Institute. Here we saw many, many interesting
objects that I am sure will come more* easily to our minds
when we have started our teaching days. The things we
most distinctly remember at this time, are the Roosevelt
Collection of wild animals from Africa, the room of Esqui-
moux homes and occupations and the room of World War
implements and relics. In the old Museum we saw in cos-
tume, the wax figures of the Presidents' wives from Martha
Washington to the two wives of Ex-President Wilson. In
this museum ve also saw the flag that inspired Francis Scott
Key to write the "Star Spanged Banner," and a duplicate
statue similar to the "Liberty at Peace" on the Capitol
Dome. The Smithsonian Institute is used at the present
time for offices and has only a few replica statues of Buddha
and Indian idols. After we finished the museums we wan-
dered back to the hotel, ready for our dinner.
.1/. .4. H 'oodard
Tuesday
Tuesday, our last day in Washington! I wonder to how
many of you the Capitol means a place where the affairs of
our nation are discussed and settled! That is what it meant
to me before I visited it, but now it means much more. It
is a treasure house of information, a museum in itself.
The most natural place to enter the Capitol is the rotunda,
or an immense circular hall, the walls of which are adorned
with paintings, sculptures and a frieze.
The fresco is so remarkable that it deserves further men-
tion. It is sixty-five feet above the floor, encircling the wall
three hundred feet in circumference. From it may be
learned the historical events of our continent.
The canopy of the rotunda, over a hundred feet in the
air, pays tribute to George Washington. Here he sits in
majesty. On his right is a figure representing freedom, on
his left, victory, and about him float the thirteen states as
aerial figures.
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There are many more worth while things to see just in
the rotunda, but I shall just rush you on as our guide did us.
The next important room is the Senate Chamber. Here,
our guide conducted us to the Republican side, considering
the fact that we were from Massachusetts. He, although a
Democrat, paid tribute to our Republican senator, Lodge.
On the way back to visit the Hall of Representatives, we
stopped at Statuary Hall, which is not to be called the Hall
of Fame (our guide informed us). The apartment is set
apart for a place where each State may send two statues
representing men of historical fame. Massachusetts is
represented by Samuel Adams and John Winthrop.
Our guide later proudly told us that Virginia was repre-
sented by George Washington. One could spend weeks,
there, and still not see everything. Our time was limited
and we still had the White House to visit before afternoon,
so we reluctantly followed our guide to the White House
where only certain rooms are opened to the public. One is
the east room, used for receptions. Another room is
the red room. This requires no further explanation, ex-
cept, perhaps, that it would be interesting to know that in
the red room hangs the portrait of Washington, which Mrs
Dolly Madison saved, when the British came to pillage and
burn the White House.
The afternoon was spent at Alexandria and Mount
Vernon. At Alexandria we visited Christ Church, where
Washington worshipped. Here we were given the privilege
of sitting in the pews of George Washington and Robert E.
Lee. Some of us wanted to be so sure that we got in the
exact spot that we tried to sit on every inch of the seat.
We also visited an old Masonic Lodge, of which George
Washington was the first master.
Naturally at this Lodge are many relics concerning him.
Among them is a valuable realistic portrait. In a way it is
a disappointment to see it, after having seen the idealistic
ones.
Now for Mount Vernon!
How peaceful are the surroundings! The drowsy hum of
the bees, the fragrance of the flowers (for lilacs and violets
were in bloom) and the waters of the placid Potomac in the
distance add to this quietness.
To feel this peacefulness, alone, is worth while, but natur-
ally if you visit Mount Vernon you will go inside the house.
Here you may visit the music room, the sitting room, the
room in which Washington died, Lafayette's room, and the
river room.
Near by, but separated from the main building, are indi-
vidual houses, one set aside for the kitchen, while another
holds the old family coach, another is for servants.
A little distant from all these, but nearer the Potomac, is
the tomb of Washington. With what reverence you look
into it when you realize that George Washington was laid
to rest there!
How significant are the words above the door of the tomb:
"I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth
in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."
Our day*6 pleasure was made complete by returning up
the Potomac to Washington by boat.
Thus ended a busy but truly a memorable day in
Washington.
Irene Messier
The End of the Trip
I wonder how many Americans really admire Abraham
Lincoln more than George Washington! To some of us
Lincoln is the ideal American. Perhaps this is the reason
why some of us enjoyed the new Lincoln Memorial better
than the other places we visited while in Washington.
The nation has waited long to provide in Washington, a
tribute to Abraham Lincoln, but we forget the delay when
we admire this splendid edifice in Potomac Park. This
Memorial is located in a straight line with the Capitol and
Washington Monument. Between the Memorial and the
Monument, there is a beautiful little artificial lake, in which
the reflections of these two buildings meet. Some day it is
planned to build a bridge in the rear of the Lincoln Memorial
connecting it with the Arlington Cemetery. As we ap-
proached the building, we saw that the Lincoln Memorial is
of imposing size and exquisite beauty. It seems that the
architect who designed it believed that this Memorial to
Abraham Lincoln should be composed of four main features,
a statue of the man, a memorial of his Gettysburg Speech,
a memorial of his Second Inaugural Address, and a symbol
of the Union of the United States.
As we walked up the great stone steps leading to the Me-
morial, we noticed that the Union was expressed in the
colonnade surrounding the hall. Here are thirty-six
columns, one for each state in existence at the time of
Lincoln's death.
Passing through the double row of columns at the entrance
on the east front, we found ourselves in the rectangular
central hall. Placed against the west wall is the marble
statue of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French. The
colossal figure faces the entrance, the eyes looking out over
the Monument and Capitol. Although the statue is massive
in size, because of the expression on the noble face, it seems
almost human. As we gazed at it we became full of rever-
ence and awe in memory of this great "First American."
On the two side walls we again read those two famous
speeches, the Gettysburgh Address and the Second Inaugu-
ral Address. In the atmosphere of that sanctuary these
addresses meant more to us than ever before.
How pleasant it would be to have this sacred temple near
us, so that on days when we are discouraged with the world,
we could go there to be refreshed and to be made glad that
we are Americans with our work to do.
With the inspiration of this beautiful memorial in our
thoughts, Wednesday morning we arose early, ate our last
meal at the Winston Hotel, took our last walk in the Cap-
itol Park and climbed into the bus for the Union Station
On the way I heard a great many girls saying, "I just love
Washington. 1 hate to leave it." Let me tell you a
secret. I think there was some masculine gender attached
to some of those "its." "Nuf sed, one word is as good as
two."
Traveling, up to this time, to me, had always been that
needful, disagreeable preparation before reaching an inter-
esting place. But on this trip, having a private car, we
found it quite the opposite. We sang, told stories, admired
the scenery, played cards and even gave vaudeville acts,
between Washington and Philadelphia.
A High School Party in the next car came in and played
cards with us which added much to our pleasure. We all
had a great deal of fun, although some of the visitors took
cards as souvenirs from one of Mr. Cummings's best packs.
We reached Philadelphia and walked one block to the
Rittenhouse Hotel where we had a most delicious lunch.
Imagine our pleasure, when a member of the Hotel Orchestra
played and sang Liz Dunphy's specialty, "We have no Bana-
nas." If you haven't heard it, you must ask her to sing it
for it is worth hearing.
After lunch we took a tour through the Quaker City,
going out West Philadelphia way to Fairmont Park, the
largest and most beautiful city park in the world. Here we
saw the home of William Penn, and a number of monu-
ments, dedicated to great Americans, who had lived in this
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old city. We also saw the beautiful Zoological Gardens,
which were first built at the time of centennial exposition in
1876. We wanted to get out and visit the animals, but I
guess our chaperons thought we were too wild for the zoo
so our car went on passing the Drexel Institute, Girard Col-
lege and the University of Pennsylvania. After we had ad-
mired Wanamaker's Store, the City Hall, and the old
Independence Hall, we returned to the Baltimore and Ohio
Station where we took the train to New York.
On our arrival in New York, we went in the bus to the
Holly Hotel where we dressed, dined and again climbed
into the busses to go to the Astor Theater to see the musical
comedy, "Lady Butterfly." This was a most delightful
show, so we all enjoyed ourselves immensely. While we
were on our way home in the bus from the show we rode down
the "Great White Way" where lights were so dazzling and
stimulating, they seemed to dance excitement into the blood,
so, when someone suggested Chinatown, we all agreed that
it was just the place to go.
To reach Chinatown we had to pass through a great many
narrow, dark, bumpy streets with tall tenement houses on
both sides. Some of us thought we would stay in the bus,
but when we finally reached Chinatown, we were all told to
alight and follow the guide. Mr. Cummings had been ex-
tremely popular on the whole trip, but that night in China-
town he was more than popular. Girls clung to him on
every side.
We visited three main buildings, the Mission Chapel, the
Oriental Shop, and the Joss Temple. Down in the bast-
ment of the Mission House men were sleeping on the floor;
it was very horrible and spooky. The Mission Chapel was
found to be sane and sensible, so some of us nervous ones
began to enjoy ourselves. Next we visited the Oriental
Shop where souvenirs were sold. As it was getting late, the
last place we visited was the famous Joss Temple, where
D. W. Griffith took parts of the picture "Broken Blossoms."
The temple consisted of one room on the top floor of an old
wooden building, where we saw two teakwood altars cov-
ered with little idols and flowers. There were three little
cups of tea, brewing over peanut oil lights for the gods if
they should get thirsty. We also saw a beautiful Chinese
painting, the marriage canopy, and some little brass tablets
which are used at death, the way we use crepes. By the
time we came out of the Joss House it was after twelve
o'clock, so we climbed into the busses and went directly
back to the Holly Hotel.
Thursday
Thursday morning, after breakfast, we started in an ob-
servation car to see New York. On this ride we had a
chance to view the stores on Broadway, the business houses,
the styles on Fifth Avenue, and the homes on Riverside
Drive. These places did not appeal to me as homes, as
they were too palatial and were built right on the street.
We also saw Columbia University, the Horace Mann School,
and Grant's Tomb. As we entered Grant's Tomb we again
had that feeling of reverence for another great American who
helped to save our nation. This noble structure was fitting
as the close of our sight seeing expedition, so we turned about
and made our way to the Grand Central Station, and thus
ended our glorious trip.
When we reached home, I think we all realized what is
expressed in that little quotation:
"The World is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as Kings."
Harriet V. Hawks
O sad heart that gives no rest,
Why do you ache so bitterly?
Why must the cherished jewels of Joy,
Snatched from Life's treasures, be so soon
Clouded with unknown shadow?
Why must a woman's heart grow hard,
Sad with the burden of the years?
Can it be that shades come back,
Hand in hand with Memory
And contrast, with her younger days,
Makes bleed her heart; and weary mind
Revolving on the wheel of Circumstance,
Gives moan, that Fate can be so cruel,
Till Time, relentless, push her o'er the brink into Eternity?
* * * * * * *
Dear thoughts of Youth, that go to rest
Like sleepy birds at even-tide,
Tired little things that fade away,
Unknown, unmourned, till later years.
Down in the deeps of us,
The remnants lie,
Of little thoughts of long ago,
As in some dark and silent prison-cell,
Scarce visited by gaoler,
Mayhap some ray of sun may filter
Through webbed and crusted bards;
So childhood thoughts come back to us
And pierce us with the ache of Memory.
Beth Cooke, '23
IPresentinQ H Character jfrom ,€bree
IPoints of IDieto
Scene I
"Central 123-Y please."
"Hello."
"Is that you, Helen?"
"This is Jim. How are you this evening?"
"I also am fine, thank you."
"Surprised you were not present at the dance Saturday
evening."
"Oh, you must have enjoyed the show very much."
"Did you hear about the big performance that will be at
the Empire on Thursday night?"
"I surely thought you would have heard of it."
"A New York Musical Company is going to play
'Mikado' which is said to be very enjoyable. It is present-
ing De Wolfe Hopper, one of the most eminent actors of the
stage, a celebrated comedian. This is the biggest attrac-
tion of the season."
"Would you like to go?"
"I am so happy that you can go."
"What time shall I call?"
"Seven-fifteen is perfectly great for me."
"I shall have a car ready."
"Good night, and don't forget Thursday at 7.15."
Scene II
"Who was that?" asked Larry, who was spending the
evening at Helen's home.
"Oh, just a friend of mine. He is going to take me to the
show in Thursday night. That means I must break my
date with Jack. I don't care. He expected to come down
to sit around during the evening and only bring me a box
of candy."
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"It is not nice of you to treat Jack that way."
"Well, he doesn't have money enough to show me a good
time, so I might as well take all the opportunities I can get."
"Hello."
"982, please."
"Is that you, Jack?"
"This is Helen. I'm so sorry, Jack, but I won't be able
to see you tonight. I am leaving for Albany on Monday
morning at nine fifteen. I must pack my bag and get to
bed early so that I will be well rested to make the trip."
"No, I shall have no time to spare."
"Thank you, I know I shall have a delightful time."
"Good night."
**********
Scene III
Jack turned to his room-mate who was sitting near by.
"What a girl! She can't spare a few hours. I guess she
is right, though. It does take a girl considerable long to
get her clothes packed."
"I am going to open the window," said his room-mate.
"There are a great many cars out tonight, aren't there,
Jack? Here comes one with a crazy driver. If he isn't
careful, he'll wreck that car. He has some girls with him
too. Say, isn't that Helen? It is, and she is with Frank
tonight."
"She is a deceitful girl, out with a different fellow. So
that is the way she packs her bag to go to Albany!
"After I have taken her to shows; bought her candy;
took her to hotels for dinner after the theatre; hired taxis to
go to shows! Never again for me!!"
— Lilian Douglas '23
H Crip to Hntoillc
I was sitting up in a large tree one day, undecided as to
what to do, when my friend Jimmy Ant invited me in to see
his family. He opened up a block of wood in the tree, and
he and I jumped into an elevator, which was run by a large
ant, and felt ourselves going down, down, down.
When we arrived at the bottom, I saw a light shining
through a passage. Going along the passage, I saw a tiny
room at the end. It had four windows, made of honey
comb, while on the floor there was a carpet of dried leaves.
The walls were made of birch-bark and moss, and were deco-
rated with flowers instead of pictures.
Jimmy introduced me to his wife and children, and his
twenty-five cousins, who were plying back and forth in the
passage bringing food for winter use.
"Well, James, what is going on in the big world today?"
asked Mrs. Ant.
"Nothing much," he replied, "only one of those giants
that walk on two legs came nearly crushing me to death,
but I crawled away just in time."
"What did you bring us?" cried the little ants.
"Here is a piece of a fly for each one," he said as he gave
them the goody.
"Didn't you bring me anything?" questioned Mrs. Ant
regretfully.
"Why, surely, here is a new hat for you," as he brought
forth a small piece of green grass.
"Isn't it beautiful, children!" cried Mrs. Ant.
Jimmy then turned to me and said, "Would you like to
see the rest of my home?"
"Oh, yes," I replied with great joy.
So Jimmy took me through another short passage. At
the end of this passage, I saw a pair of stairs. These stairs
were made of birch bark. Going up the stairs, we went
into another room. It was guarded by four ants in uniforms.
This room had a carpet made of leaves, and birch bark walls.
It was the nursery, where all the young baby ants were kept.
We then went to the store room. This room was furnished
very simply, but on the same plan as the others. The food
for the winter was guarded by the soldiers of the Colony in
this room.
Jimmy next showed me the stables. In these stables,
there were a great many plant lice or aphids. I was told
that the plant lice had to be protected, because they were
such an easy prey for other insects.
The sleeping quarters of the ants consisted of four rooms
very much alike, each having several windows made of
honeycomb. The furniture was made of birch bark and
grass. When we entered one of the rooms, we found some
of the workers making up the beds. The workers had to
climb up ladders, in order to reach the beds, because they
were three tiers high.
Jimmy then took me back to the room where we started
from, so that I could chat with Mrs. Ant.
When it came time for me to leave, I rang the bell and
went up in the elevato resolved to visit my friends again.
Margaret E. Lowrie '23
Diana
Hackneyed Version
— and as I looked up I beheld my heart's delight approach-
ing. She glided over the velvety turf with the grace of a
young gazelle and her ethereal beauty dazzled my wor-
shipping eyes. Her lustrous orbs, like midnight pools,
glowed beneath jet eyebrows and the rippling mass of her
raven tresses shone in dusky splendor above a roserpetal
face. Parted ruby lips curved like Cupid's bow disclosed
gleaming pearly teeth. There she stood before me, sway-
ing slightly like a willowy reed while an intoxicating fragrance
was wafted from her glorious being. A tiny flower hand
fluttered toward me in greeting and as I grasped the deli-
cious morsel tenderly my giddy senses reeled.
Modern Version
— and as I looked up I perceived Diana advancing. She
slithered over the emerald verdure with the springy gait of
a cougar, and her efflorescent beauty confounded my ad-
miring scrutiny. Her Stygian orbs, like electrified ebony,
scintillated beneath slivers of Utopian darkness, and her
undulating coiffure of night-like filaments, shone in dark'ning
magnificence above a pastelled snow-drift face. Sighing
pomegranate lips hid iced opal teeth. There she stood,
poised like a frightened avid, weaving slightly like jungle-
ferns, while a delirious emittance emanated from her deli-
cate body. A sheath-like hand wandered toward me in
salutation, and as I clasped the tapering thing my com-
plexes sank into a smothered stupor.
Beth Cooke '23
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fiDusic cabinet
"I Love a Red Red Rose
"Soup Blues"
"Mr. Gallagher"
"Yes, We Have No Bananas"
"The Sheik"
"I'm a Jazz Baby"
"0! You Great Big Beautiful Doll"
"Say It With Music"
"Baby Blue Eyes"
"Daisies Won't Tell"
"Love Nest"
"Are You Playing Fair?"
"Oh Frenchy Frenchy"
"Three O'Clock in the Morning"
"Charlie is My Darling"
"Teasin' "
"There's a Quaker Down in Quaker
Town"
"Song of India"
"Till We Meet Again"
"Parade of Wooden Soldiers"
"Just a Little Love Song"
"Tell it to the Marines"
"Oh How She Can Sing"
"Old Pal"
"Cow Bells"
"Taxi Taxi"
"My Buddy"
"Alice Blue Gown"
"I Gotcha Steve"
"Smiles"
"Tuck Me to Sleep"
"Leave Me With a Srnile"
"I'm Forever Thinking of You"
"Wait Till Cows Go Home"
"Rose of Washington Square"
"Lord is My Shepherdfson)"
"Pretty Baby"
"Say It While Dancing"
"Where Brown Eyed Susans Grow"
"My Red Haired Gal"
"Isle of Golden Dreams"
"Let the Rest of the World Go By"
"I'll Tell the World"
"You'd Be Surprised"
"Do It Again"
"Sweet and Low"
"If You'll Forgive Then I'll Forget"
"I Wasn't Born to be Lonesome"
"Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny"
"Dreaming"
"Your Eyes Have Told Me So"
"By the Camp Fire"
"Rose of No Man's Land"
"My Man"
"How Do You Keep them Down on
The Farm (Peru)?"
"Good Bye— Good Luck— God Bless
You"
Ann Larkin
"Gene" O'Brien
"Bunnie" Edwards
"Beth" Dunphy
"Pat" McCarty
"Peg" Shea
"Kay" Drennan
Ruth Clarke
"Betty" Hurley
Catherine McCarty
Pauline Johnson
Gladys Hall
"Gen" Coffey
"Lil" Douglas
"Rita" Agan
"Kay" McMahon
Gladys Wemple
"Beth" Cooke
Mabel Medbury
Marion Woodard
Madeline Tracy
"Gert" Boyle
"Bessie" Barber
"Peg" Dunfrey
Jessie Scott
"Gert" Mazanec
Helen O'Neill
"Al" Smith
"Joe" Mooney
Ruth Nesbit
Blanche Olstead
"Carrie" Finck
"Gert" Tyre
"Dot" Wheeler
Nellie Slein
"Peg" Dadson
Edith McCann
"Marg" Kennedy
"Peg" Lowrie
Grace Bunnell
Olive Isles
"Cel" Davine
Ruth Reynolds
Louise McDonough
Kathleen McCann
Ruth Potter
"Al" Sheerin
Florence Mack
Ruth Wilder
Edith Fobes
Irene Messier
Harriet Hawkes
Rose Malone
"Lou" Spencer
Greta Ohlson
Lesson Plans
5TI|F Normal Mtt
Bessie Barber: "I think it's rrue that if you harden your-
self you can resist disease. I have gone all winter without a
hat and never catch cold."
Mr. Eldridge: "Your hair protects your head. But how
about Mr. Smith?" .
Mr. Smith: "If a burglar were in your room to rob and
would kill you if necessary to accomplish his aims, would you,
providing you had the chance, shoot to kill him?"
Louise McDonough: "I'd shoot him around the edges."
Miss Pefry : "A ballad contains a certain something. What
is it?"
Lil Douglas: "A Little Love, A Little Kiss."
Mr. Smith: "What do you mean by a weak mouth?"
Miss Woodard: "A soft one."
Mr. Smith: "What has recently been invented by means
of which we can see through a person?"
Helen O'Neil: "Radio."
Gladys Hall, in Economics Class, discussing the Ideal
Family: "I think the success of a family depends upon their
hanging together."
Bunnie Edwards, giving talk on her "Hobby* in Oral
Comp: "I think one reason for my interest in horses is be-
cause I was brought up with them."
Pupil in Bishop School: "Beef and other things come from
the cow, among them oxtail soup which is made from the
cow's tail."
Miss Baright: "What is the meaning of the word
"copious"?
Ruth Reynolds: "Something that has been copied."
Peg Shea, teaching geography: "In what continent Is
Mexico?"
Sixth-grade boy: "In Clarksburg."
Mr. Eldridge: "Here are some magazines you may use for
your booklets. If there is to be any cutting up I want it to
be in this room."
Ann Larkin, reading paper in psychology: "Embryo is the
combination of the stages clerage, blastula or blastuderm,
and castoria."
Carrie Finck: "What makes diamonds so expensive?"
Florence Mack: "Because all of us want one."
Pauline Johnson: "I think a superintendent shouldn't
take his position for life."
Mr. Eldridge: "Yes, but I know quite a few who have
taken a teacher for life."
One Senior has discovered a new spring tonic — "Rhubarb
and Coffee."
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Fran: "Do his father and mother live together?"
Grace: "No."
Fran: "They don't!"
Grace: "No, his father died last year."
Miss Sholes: "When should the ash pan be emptied?"
M. Haggerty: "When it's full."
In Sanitation, Marguerite B: "Boil all the parts in hot
water."
One of our well-known Seniors was running around the 5
and 10 cent store. She seemed to be in a great hurry and
was looking for a clerk. "Can someone get me a mouse-
trap," she gasped, "I have to catch that Pittsfield car."
He: "Why didn't you answer my letter?"
She: "I didn't receive it."
He: "You didn't?"
She : "No, and besides, I didn't like some of the things you
said in it."
Mary Smith, asking questions in Sanitation on uses of
Natural Lighting: "What people make use of Moonlight?"
Grace Williams: "Lovers."
Nellie Slein: ""What are Bayberry candles and how are
they perfumed?"
Miss Sholes, explaining these candles, and their perfum-
ing by leayes: "They grow on trees."
E. Vilmont: "What, the candles?"
OUR IDEA OF NOTHING AT ALL
Noontime soup — Campbell's Daily Dozen
The 6.20 Rising Bell
Chapeaux in Springtime
Entertaining a Caller in the Social Room
Our Antique Flat-Irons
Mr. Eldridge's Art Exhibition
Japanese Question
Indoor Gardening
The Shower Line at 6.30 a. m.
Sunday Quiet Hour
The Tutankhamen Influence on Style
Sanitation Assignments
Sunday Night Lunch
Teaching Material
Making Notebooks
Palmer Method
Tin Can Alley
WE WONDER WHY—
Our allowance has wings
Sanitation includes everything from hairpins to victrolas
We begin to nod in Primary Reading
Gertrude Boyle is getting so thin
Evelyn Bullen did not go Home for Easter
Mr. Jones's shoes squeak
M. Grogan goes to Briggsville
Some of the Seniors did not return till the Tuesday after
Easter
OUR OWN SONG FOLIO
"Gee, How I Hate to Go Home Alone." — Anne Dahowski
"Silver Threads Among the Gold"— The Whole of Us
"My Man" — Gertrude Boyle
"Wonderful One" — Ruth Clarke
"You Remind Me of My Mother"— Mary Anton
"Chicago"— "Peg" Broderick
"The Sneak"— The Council
"Dancing Fool" — Fran Fergi son
"I Want My Mammy" — Julia Davin
MAGAZINES AT N. A. N. S.
"Country Gentleman" — Mr. Venable
"Illustrated Milliner"— "Pat" McCarty
"The Bookman" — Miss Baright
"Craftsman" — Miss Lamphier
"School Arts" — Miss Pearson
"National Geographic" — Mr. Eldridge
"Out-of-Doors" — Miss Skeele
"The Survey"— Mr. Smith
"Vogue" — "Joe" Mooney
"Popular Mechanics" — "Git" Gobeille
"Current Newi" — Grace Ansbro
"House Beautiful" — Richard-O'Malley Room
"Smart Set"— The Amherst Quintet
"Little Folks" — Marion Woodard and Evelyn Phelps
"Shadow Land" — The Dormitory
"Literary Digest" — Mary Neil
"International Musician" — Miss Perry
"Snappy Stories" — Arlene Robbins
"The Independent Woman" — Relenza Manchester
"Scientific American" — Miss Sholes
"World's Work" — Teaching Assignments
"Our Dumb Animals" — Senior Class
FOUR MINOR SPORTS AT N. A. N. S.
Getting to meals on time
Running for mail between periods
Trying to live up to the 10th Commandment
Patronizing "Anes & Braves"
TO PAULINE
It wasn't Pauline's deep blue eyes that got me ;
It wasn't Pauline's hair of brownish hue;
It was not even Pauline's dancing —
It was the heavy line that Pauline threw.
DID YOU HEAR
1. That you can make all the noise you want to up on
third fioor?
2. That we are going to have regular Saturday night
dances?
3. That Lou Spencer now starches her handkerchiefs?
4. That Council meetings are going to be discontinued
because there is no business?
5. That the best cure for a cold is Rhubarb (Robare) and
Coffee (Coffey)?
6. That we have a new assistant to put up Sunday night
lunches?
7. That we have the privilege of putting anybody in the
bath tub?
8. That between now and the end of the year you may
have feeds anytime after 10.15 p. m.?
9. That you may wave to anybody who is passing by?
10. That Briggsville is staging a big hit this year — "The
Tie Between Pittsfield and Briggsville?"
11. That Bill has a new green top-coat?
12. That Pauline (rustle^ wherever she goes?
13. That cocoa is served Sunday nights before retiring?
14. That Gert Boyle intends to visit Paris Island very soon?
15. That Helen O'Neill has left her shoes outside for the
woodpeckers to tap them?
16. How Peg Shea prepares her psychology?
17. How Dot Warfield surprised us in Shelburne Falls
station?
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WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
A brain like Ruth Clarke's
A disposition like Helen O'Neill's
Clothes like Pat's
Alice Sheerin's Aunt
A palate for soup like Gene's
More Council members like Gert and Catherine
A Holy Cross "banner" like Ann's
Bessie Barber's talent
Genevieve's admiration for frogs
Kay's complexion
Two brothers like Trace's
Beth Dunphy's methods
Bessie Hurley's "medicine"
Another elevator in Taconic Hall
Private lines in each room
An ideal room at Mark Hopkins
A week without a house meeting
Another trip to Washington
A soupless luncheon
A janitor with rubber heels
Banana salad once a week
Everybody on time for class meeting
Mr. Jones's good nature after a dance
Gert Boyle's fondness for tonics
A box of candy such as Neb once received
A whole dormitory like third floor
Banche's fondness for Lee
Alice Smith's hair
Irene's dignity
Bunnie's love for "Lyle" hose
Beth Cook's originality
Rita's smile
Florence Mack's personal opinion on a subject
More songs by Nellie
Edith Fobes's experience in teaching
Edith McCann's sweet face
A kitchen-cabinet like Joe's
More teachers like Mr. Smith
Letters from home every night
WISE REMARKS
Mabel Medbury — "Isn't he a shining light?"
Marion Woodard — "Who?"
Mabel Medbury— "Star!" (Cooper)
Gert Mazanec — "Marg, do you know how many people
are dead down in that cemetery on the Adams road?"
Marg Dadson — "That big one? No. How many?"
Gert Mazanec — "All of them."
Edith Fobes — "I saw a man today that would have given
$10 to see you, Ruth,"
Ruth Clarke— "Who was it, Edith?"
Edith Fobes— "A blind man."
Kay Drennan — "I saw something I couldn't get over last
night."
Ann Larkin— "What was it?"
Kay Drennan — "The moon."
Helen O'Neill — "I can find only one glove."
Nellie Slein — "Never mind looking for the other one.
You'll have a hand out tonight."
Pat McCarty — "I feel like a Packard today."
Trace — "What do you mean?"
Pat McCarty — "I'm tired."
Greta Ohlson — "I'm going South this spring."
Rose Malone — "Will your pockets stand the change?"
"The Gang"
^implicit?
The world is a lover of simplicity.
There are great symphony orchestras that sing the griefs
and the joys and the passions of men; that strain the tongues
of their stringed instruments, and shrill their cries to the
roof of the skies .... But there is nothing the world
loves more than the dash of waves along a shore.
There are mighty airplanes winging the blue between
earth and sky; flashing steel and power in the face of a God
on high .... But people will ever love the sudden sight
of a bird, flinging its wings to the breeze above.
There is the mighty strength of armies that push men by,
and sweep men under the mad rush of their feet; that rend
the air a-shiver with shot and shell, and doom great cities to
fire and hell .... But there is nothing that can set the
whole world a-quiver like the sweeping tide of a rushing
river ....
For the world is a lover of simplicity.
Ruth I. Clarke
Alumnae Jftotes
'15. Miss Helen Illingworth is doing continuation work
in Drury High School.
'16. Miss Sarah E. Clark has been appointed Supervisor
of Americanization in Gardner, Massachusetts.
'16. Miss Lyle Chandler spent the winter in California.
'22. Miss Olive Lewis has been doing some very success-
ful work in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
'22. Miss Lilian Kent is engaged to Mr. Richard
Davidson.
'22. Misses Vivian Berry, Helen Sheldon, Lourie Tobin,
Dorothy Reynolds and Dorothy Chapin, have been back to
visit their Alma Mater.
'22. Miss Dorothy Reynolds is engaged to Mr. Benjamin
Hurd.
Diamonds seem to be popular in the class of '22. What
would we do for teachers if all classes followed their example?
Many of the Alumnae accompanied the class of '23 on a
trip to Washington.
Next June marks the twenty-seventh anniversary of
North Adams Normal School. We hope that every member
of the Alumnae will be present.
Blanche Olsted, Alumnae Editor
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DEANS, GROGAN & BARBER
CONTRACTORS
Williamstown 280
We will build you your home, girls,
when you settle down.
Residential work a specialty
SURGEON DENTIST
Phone 559-M
Room 10-12 Empire Bldg.
NORTH ADAMS, MASS.
H. E. Kinsman
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
PHOTOGRAPHER
Spring Street Williamstown. Mass-
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Compliments of
M. L. Dempsey
QUALITY FOOTWEAR
Corner Holden and Center Streets
Dr. Henry J. Philie
DENTIST
Room 310 New Kimbell Building
Mrs. Eolus Doble
GROCERIES
445 Church Street
For Absolute Reliability
Trade at
SHERMAN'S
The House of Quality
MEAT AND GROCERIES
13 and 15 Eagle Street
Spitzer& Rich ton, Proprietors
Prompt Printery
"Printing of the Better Type"
Horrigan's Taxi
Monogram Stationery a specially
TELEPHONE 150
43 Center Street
Phone 803
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Compliments of
Dr. Clarence
W. Wildman
De ntist
Empire Theater
VICTROLAS AND SONORAS
A Large Stock of Records on Hand
Chas. A. Darling
33 Bank Street North Adams, Mass.
Br. M. iffl. Srnwtt
Shoes That Satisfy
Walk-Over Shoes
Princess Pat
Sport Oxfords of all Kinds
James Martin
20 Holden Street
Telephone 1711— W
Noel Renaud
Pianist
Teacher
1 12 Main Street North Adams, Mass.
Max Wein Specialty Shop
Exclusive Ladies' Ready-to-Wear
96 Main Street North Adams, Mass.
CENTRAL RIDING SCHOOL
HORSES FOR HIRE
Phone 605— M
Ralph U. Domin
HARDMAN PIANOS
513 Kimbell Bldg. North Adams, Mass.
August A. Ruether
BAKERY
Bread, Pies, Cakes
and Pastry
Tel. 137 Cole Ave. Williamstown, Mass.
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L. TAVELLI
Williamstown, Mass.
Only the best of fruits will be found in
Our Store
Joseph Brothers
Smokers' Supplies, Magazines, Fancy
Fruits, Stationery, Butter Kist
Pop Corn
Main Street North Adams, Mass.
Home of Good
Shoe Repairing Hat Cleaning
and Shoe Shining
Nicholas Peters, p rop .
43 Main Street North Adams, Mass.
Store hours 7 a. m.— 10 p. m. Tel. 1385 W
D. R. Provencher, 0. D.
Optometrist
North Adams Greenfield
Massachusetts
Eyes Examined by Appointment Only
Phone 636 R
Compliments
of
The Transcript
Printing Ruling
Binding
"The Kind Worth While"
Excelsior Printing
Company
PHONE 59
North Adams, Mass.
Boston Store
North Adams' Leading
Dry Goods Store
The Home of Betty Wales Dresses
COATS SUITS BLOUSES
Twenty Up-to-date Departments
Compliments of
Anes & Braves
"For the Woman who cares"
The Women's Outfitting Shop
Mahelle E. Irish, Manager
24 Marshall Street North Adams. Mass.
Sharkey & Company
Newspapers, Candy, Cigars,
Ice Cream and Groceries
SARCHI & BOSCH ITTI
Ashland Street
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We will be pleased to show you our
elegant assortment of goods in plain shades
and in figured designs suitable for
Capes, Linings. Dresses. Suits. Blouses.
Skirts, etc.
Some Materials are:
Silks Tissue Ginghams
Satins Zephyr Ginghams
Crepes Voiles
Ratines
Your Inspection is Earnestly Desired
RUBIN BROS.
Richmond Annex State Street
North Adams, Mass.
Martin's Book Store
34 Bank Street
Books — Cards — Stationery
Van Sleet Motor Co.
North Adams, Mass.
Wall Brothers
The Apparel Store
Complete
81-83 Main Street North Adams. Mass.
Quadland's Flower Shop
Special Die Stamped Writing Paper
For Normal Students
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Since l8Sb
The Larkin Print
Printers.Engravers, Stationers
Wedding Stationery
•+0 BANK STREET NORTH AMMS.MASS
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Berkshire Auto Sales, Inc.
Berkshire County Distributor for
Walker- Johnson
Oakland
Trucks
Motor Cars
Motor Car
Su
pplies
and Repairs
North Adams Pittsfield
Sales & Service Station Sales & Service
Berkshire Garage 21 West Street
KODAKING
Pictures New Scenes
Retains the Old
We Develop and Print
Eastman Kodak Agency
Hastings Pharmacy Company
D. A. Tassone
Photographs of
Distinction
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Compliments of
H. W. Clark & Company
WHOLESALE GROCERS
North Adams
Hurd's Jewelry Store
THE HALLMARK STORE
110 Main Street, North Adams, Mass.
H. M. SHEEHAN, Prop.
WATCHES
DIAMONDS
JEWELRY
J. W. Crawford, M. D.
Internal Medicine
Radium
191 Main Street,
Electro Therapy
X-Ray
North Adams, Mass.
CLASS MATES
When you give a photograph you give
of yourself. It speaks through the si-
lences and spans any distance. No other
keepsake inspires so many generous
impulses.
There is no gift like a good portrait —
nothing so personal and so sure to please.
SMITH'S STUDIO
32-36 Park Street Adams. Mass.
CLIMAX BOOT SHOP
"The Shop of Quality Shoes"
A. SICILIANO
Phone 87 1 -W
5 Eagle Street North Adams, Mass.
Around the corner from Main Street.
Hat Parlors
McKee Styles McKee Values
McKee Quality McKee Service
McKee Workmanship
Blackinton Block
Main Street
McCraw & Tatro
The Quality Store
of
North Adams
Coats, Suits, Furs, Dresses
Dry Goods, — Notions
Mrs. J. H. Allen
Dealer In
Genuine Human Hair Goods
Large stock of Genuine Human Hair in
Natural Shades.
1 12 Main Street
Adams Block
T. E. Braman & Co.
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